Congenital syphilis represents one of the most devastating yet preventable threats to infant health, with cases climbing at an alarming rate across the United States. This resurgent public health ...

SEX ED: "Syphilis is a treatable and curable infection caused by a type of bacteria," says Dr. Jennifer Mullendore, medical director for Buncombe County Department of Health & Human Services. Photo ...

Syphilis is on the rise in San Luis Obispo County, local medical officials warned. The sexually transmitted infection — which is most commonly spread through unprotected vaginal, anal, or oral sex ...

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that a single injection of the antibiotic benzathine penicillin G (BPG) successfully treated early syphilis just as well as the ...

Neurosyphilis (NS) is a bacterial infection of the central nervous system (CNS). It is a complication of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. Neurosyphilis can develop at any stage of syphilis.

Co-occurence was highest in MSM, Black youth, and youth in the South ...