The decades-long syphilis epidemic in the U.S. continues, as the CDC says the maternal syphilis rate spiked 28% between 2022 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cases of congenital syphilis increased 10 times from 2012 to 2022. According to a USPSTF member, 90% of ...

STAT’s Megan Molteni attended a vigil Sunday at the spot where Pretti was shot. She spoke to health care workers who knew ...

Dr. Alla Kushnir was alarmed. In the decade she’d been at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, she rarely tested babies for congenital syphilis. But about five years ago, she noticed a troubling ...

At least three babies have died of presumed congenital syphilis in New York state this year, prompting health officials to warn about the risks of the preventable infection. A pregnant woman can pass ...

Mississippi leads the nation in the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, and one is in the spotlight because the state is working to stop the spread, particularly from mom to baby. Overall, Invigor ...

CHICAGO (WAND) — Last week, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the launch of a new data collection process to learn more about the troubling increase in congenital syphilis ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Congenital syphilis testing has been recommended by medical professionals in the first and third trimester since 2014, but a new pilot program by the Louisiana Department of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—Congenital syphilis is passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy or birth and can cause significant health problems if it’s not caught early. “It can affect their mental ...

Every hour a baby is born in China with syphilis, as the world's fastest-growing epidemic of the disease is fueled by men with new money from the nation's booming economy, researchers say. The easy-to ...

LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Cheap, simple tests and treatments for syphilis in pregnancy could prevent more than half of newborn deaths and stillbirths related to the disease, which kills 500,000 a ...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising the public that cases of syphilis are increasing in Barbados and is urging ...