Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher ...

U.S. New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced the Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act, which would guide states on best practices to prevent pregnant women from passing the disease on to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An opt-out screening program significantly increased the testing rate of patients for syphilis, leading to more ...

Soon you will be able to test for syphilis at home, thanks to a first-of-its-kind approval from the Food and Drug Administration this week. The test could help curb a recent uptick in infections of ...

In January 2026, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the rate of maternal syphilis rose by 28% from 2022 to 2024, from just over 280 to nearly 360 cases per 100,000 ...

The introduction of HAART for HIV has coincided with a syphilis resurgence, suggesting unintended public health trade-offs ...

In a busy clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, a clinician performs a rapid syphilis test on a pregnant woman. Within 15 minutes, the results are in — she is infected — and treatment can begin immediately.

Public health teams across the state ramped up efforts to target STIs after a sharp increase between 2020 and 2021.

Chicago's new Syphilis Elimination Plan, released earlier this month, hopes to address an alarming increase here in congenital syphilis cases. Chicago’s 2023 chlamydia rate was twice the national rate ...