Syphilis has long been difficult to eradicate—and it’s having another resurgence. In the United States alone, more than 171,000 cases of the sexually-transmitted infection were reported in 2021, up 68 ...

The hope is that these tests will boost syphilis screening rates, allowing people to take action before they can spread the ...

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 ...

Left untreated, syphilis has the potential to return as tertiary syphilis. In this stage, it can damage a person’s organs, including the heart, brain and nervous system. In some cases ...

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2008;42(2):226-236. Latent syphilis is a stage in which patients are seroreactive but asymptomatic. [24] It occurs between the disappearance of secondary syphilis ...

that broadened definition of congenital syphilis. Figure courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The stage of infection can also complicate screening. If the woman is tested too ...

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 ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been increasing in NYC in recent years. Data released for New York City.

Read before the New York State Medical Society. Some introductory paragraphs on the nature of the syphilitic contagium have been necessarily omitted.

AHF is using an imposing image of a bottle of penicillin and a syringe and needle paired with the words “Syphilis is Curable” and the URL freeSTDcheck.org to draw attention to the importance of ...

The fastest rapid dual test for HIV and syphilis is now available in Australia, expanding access to reliable and accessible screening. A Major Step Forward in Infectious Disease Screening The INSTI® ...