Wisconsin health officials are calling a significant spike in congenital syphilis over the last several years "especially ...

While appropriate treatment of the pregnant female can prevent congenital syphilis, the major deterrent has been the inability to effectively identify these women and get them to undergo treatment.

A recent study offers a promising sign in syphilis incidence, a preventable and curable STI that has been surging across the ...

Syphilis is back on the rise across the United States after being nearly eliminated in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But in ...

Half of all sexually-transmitted infections were reported in people 15 to 24 years old. Syphilis cases are up 1,400% in the last 5 years.

Special to Wesson NewsMississippi has the lowest ranking in the nation for women’s health and care during pregnancy. Many ...

According to the WHO and the latest roadmap, all 3 infections of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B, can be transmitted from women to their newborns during pregnancy and childbirth. In addition, HIV can be ...

Outside of pregnancy, current federal health guidelines call for screening at-risk, sexually-active teenagers and adults, ...

Health officials in Wisconsin are raising concerns about an increase in congenital syphilis cases even as overall sexually transmitted infection rates decline across the state.

NORFOLK, Va. — Local health leaders are raising awareness and looking into ways to stop the rise in syphilis cases across ...

The Regional Stop Syphilis Public Launch Event is happening April 29 at Old Dominion University and aims to tackle this issue ...

Pregnancy itself does not seem to alter the clinical progression of syphilis in the female: As in the nonpregnant woman, the primary lesion (Fig. 2) can appear 10 to 90 days after the causative ...