The last decade has brought an alarming rise in the number of babies born in the U.S. with syphilis. New CDC data showed more than 3,700 babies born with the disease in 2022, about 10 times the number ...

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In a concerning development that has caught the attention of public health officials nationwide, syphilis – a sexually transmitted infection once considered to be in decline – has made an alarming ...

Like so many of Dr. Irene Stafford’s impoverished and unhoused patients, the twentysomething woman showed up, in labor, at the Houston hospital having received no formal prenatal care. Stafford, a ...

ENFORCEMENT WILL STOP AT 2:30 P.M. THE US IS DEALING WITH AN EPIDEMIC OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. HERE IN FLORIDA, ...

State and local health departments across the U.S found out in June they’d be losing the final two years of a $1 billion investment to strengthen the ranks of people who track and try to prevent ...

Several conditions can cause a false-positive syphilis test result. However, healthcare professionals often use two different tests to diagnose a person with syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually ...

During its second stage, syphilis may lead to a rash on one or several parts of the body. It most commonly affects the trunk, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. The rash typically does not ...

An alarming spike in syphilis cases in Colorado prompted a statewide public health order, particularly focused on treating the disease among pregnant woman and babies. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) ...

Canada has been experiencing an increasing number of syphilis diagnoses since 2016. Numerous provinces have declared outbreaks in recent years, with the highest rates observed in the Northwest ...