The rise in syphilis cases can be partially attributed to a lack of sexual education, one expert says. (Getty Creative) Soon you will be able to test for syphilis at home, thanks to a ...

New numbers show a 28% jump in cases over two years. We break down what's behind these numbers.

A rising number of syphilis infections in Arlington is driving a push to do better at testing and treating the sexually ...

With congenital syphilis at a 30-year high in the US, experts stress that early and universal syphilis screening in pregnancy is vital to protect both mothers and newborns from preventable harm. Study ...

The decades-long syphilis epidemic in the U.S. continues, as the CDC says the maternal syphilis rate spiked 28% between 2022 ...

In the '90s, the U.S. had almost completely eliminated cases of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that can be devastating if left untreated. Today, rates of syphilis in the U.S. are at a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending some people use of a common antibiotic as a "morning-after" pill to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases – a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A proposed bill would enable HHS to further address the congenital syphilis ...

In this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human ...

Offering optional syphilis tests in the emergency room can lead to dramatic results, UChicago Medicine researchers have found. In a study of some 300,000 emergency department encounters in Chicago, a ...

The latest report finds that the maternal syphilis rate increased 16% from 2022 to 2023 and an additional 10% from 2023 to ...

Detroit — Back from the brink of eradication, syphilis is spiking in Michigan, prompting alarm within the medical community. Mirroring national patterns, the number of syphilis cases doubled in ...