Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the ...
Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown ...
Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases ...
Eye syphilis is a manifestation of syphilis. Sometimes, it is the first sign of infection. It can affect almost any part of the eye and resemble a range of other eye diseases. Common symptoms of eye ...
Here’s a gripping conversation starter to bring up over your family’s Thanksgiving feast this year: Health officials in Michigan have identified an alarming cluster of syphilis infections in women’s ...
New Jersey health officials are sounding an alarm about the rising rates of syphilis. Between 2019 and 2022, syphilis cases ballooned 72%, and the number of babies born with the bacterial infection ...
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — With bacterial sexually transmitted infections of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis on the rise, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Tuesday announced approval of a new ...
New numbers show a 28% jump in cases over two years. We break down what's behind these numbers. Maternal syphilis rates rose 28% from 2022 to 2024, and untreated infection during pregnancy can cause ...
Nearly a quarter of syphilis cases in the U.S. were being diagnosed in women in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, in a sign that the nation's "alarming" epidemic ...
If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...
The FDA granted a green light to its first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect a person’s exposure to syphilis, offering a private option to help detect the sexually transmitted infection.