Syphilis cases have been rising at an alarming rate in the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As concerns for syphilis and sexually ...

U.S. New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced the Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act, which would guide states on best practices to prevent pregnant women from passing the disease on to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

After decades of decline, syphilis cases are on the rise again, hitting their highest levels since the early 1960s. Though the vast majority of syphilis cases are preventable, rates surged nearly 80% ...

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 ...

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during ...