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Clinicians across the United States are rationing the only long-acting penicillin approved for syphilis treatment after the ...

You could be forgiven for not knowing much about syphilis. The sexually transmitted infection was all but eliminated in the mid-'90s. But its incidence has been rising almost every year since 2000, ...

Forty-two babies in Australia died from congenital syphilis between 2011 and 2025, with the outbreak driving health workers into communities to raise awareness of the old-world disease.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain ...

Syphilis cases have soared to their highest level in more than seven decades, according to disturbing new data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A staggering 207,000 syphilis ...

It has infected thousands of Aussies in the last decade, and killed dozens of infants.

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% ...

Syphilis produces similar symptoms in both men and women. In the early stages, which are more infectious, the symptoms are mild and often difficult to recognize. The symptoms develop in three stages: ...

Syphilis is making a comeback in the United States. Both congenital syphilis, which affects babies born to mothers with the disease, and adult cases caused by sexual transmission, are on the rise.

History has suggested that syphilis is a disease of early times. The disease might have been prevalent among the indigenous peoples of the Americas before Europeans travelled to and from the New World ...

Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain the recent uptick in the sexually transmitted infection Vanessa Etienne ...