The rise in syphilis cases can be partially attributed to a lack of sexual education, one expert says. (Getty Creative) Soon you will be able to test for syphilis at home, thanks to a ...

After decades of decline, syphilis cases are on the rise again, hitting their highest levels since the early 1960s. Though the vast majority of syphilis cases are preventable, rates surged nearly 80% ...

Dr. Park is a professor of family and community medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Nobody should be dying of syphilis in 2024. That’s the credo of Elizabeth Glaser, a public ...

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that South Dakota has the highest rate of syphilis in the United States. The average rate of syphilis in the United ...

Syphilis, one of the oldest infections known to humans, has returned to the U.S. at epidemic rates that have been climbing since 2001. In 2022, the last year with complete data, the highest number of ...

Through the remainder of June, we will see a number of billboards, advertising and communications highlighting the current state of syphilis in Spokane County. Why is that? Unfortunately, syphilis is ...

Syphilis rates are at their highest since the 1960s. Here's why. After decades of decline, syphilis cases are on the rise again, hitting their highest levels since the early 1960s. Though the vast ...

When Dr. Susan Girois was training as a physician in the 1990s, she doesn’t remember diagnosing a single case of syphilis. Today, four or five patients a week regularly appear at a clinic run by the ...

In a busy clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, a clinician performs a rapid syphilis test on a pregnant woman. Within 15 minutes, the results are in — she is infected — and treatment can begin immediately.

During its second stage, syphilis may lead to a rash on one or several parts of the body. It most commonly affects the trunk, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. The rash typically does not ...

This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema pallidum ...

The impetus for this post came from its first author, Susan Daily, M.D., who watched a 16-year-old girl die from tertiary syphilis that had previously been misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder. As of 2024 ...