83-year-old man married 50 years nearly stumps doctors with surprise STI

Doctors in Belgium met with a real head-scratcher when an 83-year-old married man came in with a rare form of secondary syphilis—the second of four stages of the sexually transmitted bacterial ...
Yahoo

What is syphilis? 9 things to know about the disease that can be fatal

Social media is going crazy amid speculation former President Donald J. Trump has syphilis. Democratic political consultant James Carville suggested the presidential candidate is suffering from ...

Are STIs truly declining, or is our data just not very good? What the 2024 CDC STI report really shows

Healthbeat reports a 9% decline in STIs in 2024, but data limitations suggest caution in interpreting this trend. Congenital ...
Medscape

Reexamining Syphilis: An Update on Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management

Objective: To review the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of syphilis. Data Sources: Studies and reviews were abstracted from MEDLINE (1950-April 2007) using the search term ...
JSTOR Daily

Misclassification of the Stages of Syphilis: Implications for Surveillance

Short summary: Syphilis cases were reviewed to see if reported stages met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case definition. Classification was excellent for primary and secondary and ...
AOL

Syphilis cases are skyrocketing across the U.S. Here’s what you need to know.

Houston is experiencing an outbreak of syphilis, the city’s health department recently revealed. Cases of the sexually transmitted infection jumped a jaw-dropping 128% in women from 2019 to 2022, with ...
KTNV Las Vegas

CDC: Nevada ranks highest for primary and secondary syphilis, second for congenital syphilis

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nevada had the highest rate of reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis in the country in 2018, according to a newly-released report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
The New York Times

A Rising Threat to Pregnant Women: Syphilis

The S.T.D. has gained ground among all women in the U.S., including those who are expecting. By Nicholas Bakalar Syphilis continues to make a dismaying comeback in the United States. Between 2012 and ...
Newsweek

Man’s Headaches and Eye Pain Turns out to Be Syphilis That Had Spread to His Head

A man in Australia suffering from headaches and pain in his eyes was diagnosed with the sexually transmitted infection (STI) syphilis, which had affected his nervous system. The unnamed 39-year-old ...
USA Today

Syphilis rates are on the rise, and dating apps may be playing a role, experts say

Syphilis, a disease most people associate with the past, has returned with a roar, and public health experts think the rise in rates can be attributed at least partly to social media. Infection rates ...
RealClearPolitics

James Carville: Democrats Should "Steal Trump's Medical Records" And Find Out If He Has "Secondary Syphilis," "It's A Relevant Issue"

Democratic strategist James Carville tears into the Democratic Party's 2024 election strategy and suggests two things, this week on his podcast hosted by "Politicon." First, "come up with simple, ...