Despite the availability of effective treatments and previously effective public health strategies, there has been a resurgence of syphilis in the United States. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted ...

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 ...

While data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the total number of U.S. cases of three ...

Share on Pinterest New cases of chlamydia and syphilis may be stabilizing in the U.S., while gonorrhea cases have declined for two consecutive years. Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty ...

WAKE COUNTY (WTVD) -- The Wake County Public Health Department is spreading awareness about sexually transmitted diseases as the county is seeing the highest number of syphilis cases in 20 years. Sue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's almost entirely preventable, and yet more babies in the U.S. are being born now with syphilis than at any time in the last 30 ...

While 75% to 95% of Americans know that diseases such as human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and genital herpes are sexually ...

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 ...

A new study says one in five pregnant people in Ontario were not properly screened for syphilis, a preventable disease that can be fatal when passed from mother to baby.

During its second stage, syphilis may lead to a rash on one or several parts of the body. It most commonly affects the trunk, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. The rash typically does not ...