The infection is curable, especially with early diagnosis and treatment. Untreated syphilis can lead to severe health ...

The reason for the state's high rate of syphilis is tough to pin down, health experts said, though it's consistent nationwide ...

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the ...

There were about 30 percent more cases of syphilis across the U.S. in 2021 than in 2020. ... often on hands or feet, as well as small skin growths, white patches in the mouth, fatigue, headaches, ...

Is casual sex, without protection, with one or multiple partners, something that you do often? You may end up with a sexually ...

Reported rates of syphilis among active-duty service members have increased by 40 percent from 2020 to 2022 and doubled from 2014 levels. Defense public health experts say this is an individual ...

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 ...

Syphilis was close to being eradicated in the U.S. in the 1990s. But in the decades since funding for prevention and treatment has stagnated, and the number of cases has risen steadily.

It’s important to understand that syphilis is still a serious public health challenge.It has reached record levels in the United States and around the world. Though the arrival of penicillin in ...

Syphilis has been on the rise in recent years. 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 ...

Syphilis cases skyrocketed in the U.S. as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's STD prevention budget dropped, data shows. In 2003, the budget was around $169 million and there were ...

Syphilis was nearly eliminated in the United States about 20 years ago, but rose by 74 percent, to 177,000 cases, between 2017 and 2021. Other S.T.I.s are also on the rise: ...