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% ...

Sexually transmitted infections stand as a significant public health concern affecting millions of individuals worldwide regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation. While the terms STI and STD ...

Amid the current syphilis “epidemic” in the U.S., doctors are seeing more patients with unusual vision and eye symptoms due to the sexually transmitted infection. A January 2024 CDC report stated that ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The number of babies born with syphilis increased more than tenfold from 2012 to 2022, putting moms and infants at risk for miscarriage and stillbirth, according to the U.S. Centers ...

The findings of a new study by a Charles Sturt University researcher and colleagues challenge a long-standing assumption used by scientists studying ancient disease. The study is published in the ...

The USPSTF concludes with high certainty that screening asymptomatic pregnant persons for syphilis infection has a substantial net benefit. (HealthDay News) — The US Preventive Services Task Force ...

Syphilis is skyrocketing, but many people don't seem to care. That's a huge problem, and it's one of the reasons we ended up in this situation in the first place, experts say. Still, they advise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who search for patients across the Navajo Nation who have tested ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Back in October, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) released numbers showing that congenital syphilis rates had increased in 2022 by 660% over five years. Now, a new ad ...