With congenital syphilis at a 30-year high in the US, experts stress that early and universal syphilis screening in pregnancy is vital to protect both mothers and newborns from preventable harm.

Early syphilis cases fell across Louisiana in 2024, but Baton Rouge saw an increase. LDH urges regular testing during STI Awareness Week.

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There’s been a quiet but important sea change in America's framework for conducting experiments on humans. It centers on a provision tucked into a law, then quietly implemented by the FDA. This ...

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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 ...

The researchers analyzed human skeletons from numerous archaeological sites in the Americas for evidence of syphilis and related diseases. They revealed their findings in a study published Dec. 18 ...

Archaeology Syphilis originated in the Americas, ancient DNA shows, but European colonialism spread it widely News By Kristina Killgrove published 20 December 2024 ...

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

Did syphilis initially emerge in the Americas and arrive in Europe in early 1493 when explorer Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, in the reverse of so many other illnesses that wiped out ...

Several genomes from the syphilis family have been reconstructed from archaeological bone, but these haven't been able to address core questions related to the pre- or post-Columbian theories ...

According to the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center, syphilis rates among Native Americans in its region soared by 1,865% from 2020 to 2022.