A strategy for preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) appears to be rapidly losing effectiveness against gonorrhea ...

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 ...

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

A history of adequately treated syphilis before pregnancy is associated with more than a 100-fold increase in congenital syphilis risk.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending some people use of a common antibiotic as a "morning-after" pill to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases – a ...

Under the afternoon sun, Maggie Tran stopped one person after another on a hectic stretch of Skid Row, asking if they knew a particular woman. No one seemed to recognize the name she repeated at tent ...

An effort to prevent serious and sometimes deadly congenital syphilis cases is getting started in the El Paso and Jefferson county jails after seeing success in Pueblo. Syphilis and other sexually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rise in syphilis cases can be partially attributed to a lack of sexual education, one expert says. (Getty Creative) (jarun011 ...

Share on Pinterest A new report from the CDC shows that syphilis cases spiked in 2022 while the number of cases of other sexually transmitted infections were flat or decreased. Anchiy/Getty Images A ...

Data published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States decreased in the early months of the Covid-19 ...