In that time range, the number of syphilis cases in women rose from two per 100,000 people to seven per 100,000, and the number of infants born with congenital syphilis — not including those who ...

For centuries, scientists have disputed the origins of syphilis. A new study of ancient DNA supports an American origin for syphilis, before Columbus arrived.

Based on their genomic analysis, the researchers found that T. pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis and related diseases, originated in the Americas during the middle Holocene epoch, as ...

Syphilis is surging in the U.S., reaching the highest numbers in nearly 75 years. Cases of the sexually transmitted disease (STD) rose 10% in 2022, reaching 203,500. The numbers have increased 68% ...

Using the most up-to-date Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, they show how every state has seen a spike in cases of syphilis and gonorrhea between 2017 and 2021.

In San Luis Obispo County, syphilis is more likely to present in men than women, at a rate of 52 per 100,000 compared to 21 in 100,000, respectively, according to county health data. Advertisement ...

Syphilis is part of a small family of diseases that also includes yaws and bejel, both classified as neglected tropical diseases that are found in equatorial regions across the globe.

Syphilis is a disfiguring illness that damages organs and causes neurological problems in the long run, but it also leaves marks on a person’s skeleton, including pitted bones.

Peter Buxtun, who has died aged 86, was the whistleblower who exposed America’s most infamous medical research scandal, a 40-year federal experiment conducted on 399 black men with syphilis to ...

Last year, nearly 4,000 U.S. babies were born with syphilis. There was a 3% increase in newborn syphilis cases, which is an improvement given the 30% annual increases seen in prior years, experts ...

The outbreak of a mysterious disease ravaged Europe in the late 15th century, shortly after Christopher Columbus and his crew returned from the Americas. Experts have debated for centuries where ...

In 1495, a devastating infection began to sweep across Europe, causing pustules and sores to erupt on people’s bodies and faces. Accusatory finger-pointing about the scourge, syphilis, began ...