STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - There has been a rise in reported cases of congenital syphilis (CS) -- people passing down syphilis to their babies during pregnancy -- according to the newly-released 2023 data ...

Scientists have used genomics to reveal distinct sexual networks for syphilis transmission, defined geographically or by sexual preference, among a background of wider circulation in England. They ...

Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher nationwide.

Transgender women and Black gay and bisexual men in Chicago are nearly twice as likely to contract syphilis at some point in their lives as white gay men, according to a new study conducted by ...

Pfizer announced last week that it expects to run out of a key drug for treating syphilis in the near future — a looming problem that health professionals say could exacerbate syphilis rates, widen ...

Syphilis rates are trending down in Hampton Roads and the eastern region of Virginia since officials launched a campaign to ...

*Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. During pregnancy, this bacteria can ...

Data just published online shows a worrying increase in infectious syphilis cases in women living in Australia aged 15–44 (referred to as "reproductive age") and a subsequent rise in transmission from ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is treatable with medication. STIs are bacterial infections caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Since the beginning of the 21 st ...

Some diseases fade away. Others seem to do that, but then come roaring back. That’s what has happened with syphilis, especially congenital syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection passed from mother ...

Bacterial sexually transmitted infections, including syphilis and gonorrhoea, have reached record high levels across Europe, ...

Scientists use genomics to uncover syphilis transmission patterns in England, in a pioneering new approach for STI surveillance. Scientists have used genomics to reveal distinct sexual networks for ...