In some cases, it can even result in death. Regardless of its progression, syphilis is easily treated with penicillin injections. We’ve found the outbreak in Stark and Wayne counties isn’t ...

The U.S. is seeing a resurgence in syphilis, a disease once almost completely eliminated in the country. The increase in drug use and the lack of sufficient medical care are contributing to the ...

Syphilis, a disease with origins stretching back to the 1400s, is surging in Hampton Roads, and it’s enough to catch the eye ...

The sexually transmitted infection can lead to serious health problems if left untreated. Syphilis cases skyrocketed in the U.S. as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's STD prevention ...

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 Regional Stop Syphilis Public Launch Event is happening April 29 at Old Dominion University and aims to tackle this issue ...

Tertiary syphilis, which can develop years to decades after the initial infection, is characterized by chronic inflammatory ...

which causes a congenital form of the disease that can lead to serious disability and death. The US is currently facing a 27-year high in syphilis cases that, according to media reports ...

If left for years without being treated, syphilis can cause blindness, deafness, dementia, stroke and even death. Prevention, she said, is simple — safe sexual practices by limiting sexual partners.