Health officials are raising urgent concerns as syphilis infections surge across the United States, with several California ...

Racism that fueled the syphilis study still permeates the U.S. health care system, causing disparities in access to medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain ...

An increase in syphilis cases in the overall population and barriers to prenatal care are the two biggest factors behind the ...

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

Syphilis is on the rise, with straight women experiencing the highest increase in cases ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. This article is more than 3 years old. A patient with papulosquamous ...

Syphilis is skyrocketing, but many people don't seem to care. That's a huge problem, and it's one of the reasons we ended up in this situation in the first place, experts say. Still, they advise ...

Ancient skeleton evidence suggests congenital infection doesn’t prove syphilis, pointing instead to multiple treponemal ...

Before penicillin arrived on the scene, syphilis was a very real horror for philandering citizens. By the early 1500s, syphilis filled every corner of Europe. Called the “Great Pox,” it permeated all ...

Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain the recent uptick in the sexually transmitted infection Vanessa Etienne ...