An image from an electron microscope of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that causes syphilis. In 2022, the number of reported cases of syphilis in the United States was the highest it has been since ...

Data just published online shows a worrying increase in infectious syphilis cases in women living in Australia aged 15–44 (referred to as “reproductive age”) and a subsequent rise in transmission from ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NEW YORK — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued ...

Congenital syphilis has become more than ten times as common over the past decade, the C.D.C. reported. “The situation is dire,” said one expert. By Apoorva Mandavilli See more of our coverage in your ...