The fastest rapid dual test for HIV and syphilis is now available in Australia, expanding access to reliable and accessible screening.A Major ...

Congenital syphilis rates are currently at their highest rates since the 1990s -- 105.8 cases per 100,000 live births in 2023 ...

Only screening patients for syphilis who came to the ED for gonorrhea and chlamydia testing would have missed 76.4% of ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the earliest warning signs of the primary stage of syphilis appear as sores at the location where the infection entered the body, usually in, on or around ...

“Those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two-year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject ...

The number of primary and secondary syphilis cases in young women rose dramatically in the late 1980s and early 1990s, due to illicit drug use and the exchange of drugs for sex. Of infants born to ...

As an infectious disease doctor and medical historian, however, I see similarities to other epidemics, including syphilis, ...

Congenital syphilis is transmitted to fetuses by parents with the infection. In a Feb. 25 letter to Oregon providers, Dr. Pete Singson of the Oregon Health Authority wrote that just two babies were ...

Early syphilis therapy was a focus of intense research in the early 20th century with many and varied approaches being used. The development of penicillin and its efficacy in the treatment of ...

Luxembourg has the highest syphilis rate in Europe, at almost three times the continent’s average, according to data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The latest ECDC ...

However, you might be shocked to learn one of the most prevalent diagnoses is syphilis. Famously known as “venereal disease,” syphilis is usually associated with time periods like Medieval ...