We're about to make you uncomfortable. The rates of syphilis are up almost 80% from 2018 to 2022 nationally, and the rates of congenital syphilis, seen in babies born with it as it passes from mother ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tyler Broghammer, a sexually transmitted infection caseworker, opens a cooler filled with syringes of penicillin on April 24, 2024 ...

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% ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One woman’s eyesight was so blurry she feared she was going blind. Another reported double vision that lasted for weeks. Yet ...

Congenital syphilis represents one of the most devastating yet preventable threats to infant health, with cases climbing at an alarming rate across the United States. This resurgent public health ...

In 1495, a devastating infection began to sweep across Europe, causing pustules and sores to erupt on people’s bodies and faces. Accusatory finger-pointing about the scourge, syphilis, began almost ...

Parkland Health is partnering with UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas County Health and Human Services to provide free screening, testing and education around maternal syphilis as cases ...

The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday. Until now, people who suspected that they had the sexually transmitted infection had to go ...

When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he said, he was shocked by how many cases of syphilis the clinic was treating. For decades, ...

CHICAGO (WAND) — Last week, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the launch of a new data collection process to learn more about the troubling increase in congenital syphilis ...

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have developed a world-first ...

A city in Pennsylvania is one of the many U.S. cities that are seeing a rise in syphilis cases (and which has been previously noted to be the STD capital of the country). However, officials have noted ...