More Alaska babies were born infected with syphilis last year than in any recent year, state health officials reported. It is a trend that comes as the state continues to have high rates of the ...

A sustained rise in syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections has raised concerns across Latin America and the ...

Syphilis is surging in the U.S., reaching the highest numbers in nearly 75 years. Cases of the sexually transmitted disease (STD) rose 10% in 2022, reaching 203,500. The numbers have increased 68% ...

Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the ...

Syphilis cases have soared to their highest level in more than seven decades, according to disturbing new data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A staggering 207,000 syphilis ...

A history of adequately treated syphilis before pregnancy is associated with more than a 100-fold increase in congenital syphilis risk, with rates of 6806 per 100,000 live births compared with 70 per ...

The rapid rise in the sexually-transmitted infection has health officials calling for better screening at hospitals and ...

Children born with syphilis are six times more likely to be admitted to hospital in their first five years of life compared to children not exposed to syphilis from their mother before birth, ...

CDC data from 2021 show the lifetime cost of treating syphilis to be $1190. There are 4 types of syphilis: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, latent syphilis, and congenital syphilis ...

Syphilis has re-emerged as a major public health threat across Australia, but signs indicate that things might be improving.

Doctors are seeing more patients with unusual vision and eye symptoms due to the sexually transmitted infection Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in ...

Nearly a quarter of syphilis cases in the U.S. were being diagnosed in women in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, in a sign that the nation's "alarming" epidemic ...