Syphilis spreads primarily through vaginal, anal or oral sex, Shen explains. Condoms greatly reduce risk, but they do not fully eliminate it because the bacteria can still enter through tiny breaks in ...

Syphilis is making a concerning comeback across the country, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting cases increased by nearly 80% between 2018 and 2022. Kentucky isn’t ...

Sexually transmitted infections are rising in the U.S.—particularly syphilis, which increased by 26% from 2020 to 2021, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

In the study, the highest risk of maternal syphilis was found in Black mothers, women aged 24 and under, unmarried women, and ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted market authorization to the first at-home syphilis test amid a decades-long rise of cases in the U.S. The test, which detects syphilis antibodies in ...

What's wrong with this picture: In the year 2,000, only 6,000 cases of syphilis were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But in 2016, 88,042 new cases of syphilis ...

The number of babies born with syphilis was 10 times higher last year in the United States than it was in 2012, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Congenital ...

Secondary syphilis is the second stage of untreated syphilis. A non-itchy rash, sore throat, fatigue, joint pain, fever, and wart-like patches are possible symptoms. If you don’t get treatment for the ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection. Without treatment, the stages of syphilis include symptoms that worsen over time. They can lead to severe or possibly fatal complications. Syphilis is a ...

University of Alberta-led research reports that new cases of syphilis dropped in Alberta following the introduction of rapid ...

Syphilis is making a comeback in the United States. Both congenital syphilis, which affects babies born to mothers with the disease, and adult cases caused by sexual transmission, are on the rise.