Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent CDC data showed a 17% increase in syphilis in the U.S. from 2021 to 2022. New syphilis testing ...

The guidelines recommend using tests that detect both Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that causes the sexually transmitted infection, and find antibodies, which can differentiate between current and ...

New York — Alarmed by yet another jump in syphilis cases in newborns, U.S. health officials are calling for stepped-up prevention measures, including encouraging millions of women of childbearing age ...

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 years. From 2012 to 2021, the number of cases of congenital syphilis ...

The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022. The agency's data shows that 3,761 babies were born ...

A tissue sample with the presence of Treponema pallidum spirochetes, the bacterium responsible for causing syphilis, is shown. U.S. health officials are calling for stepped-up prevention measures, ...

Cases of newborn syphilis are rising rapidly in the U.S., and federal health officials are sounding the alarm and urging action. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show ...