Data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a troubling trend: a sharp rise in the number of pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis, a sexually transmitted ...

New numbers show a 28% jump in cases over two years. We break down what's behind these numbers.

Nearly a year after a specialised team was jump-started to tackle a syphilis outbreak, NT Health said numbers remained high and an additional $20 million in federal funds might be needed to turn the ...

STAT’s Megan Molteni attended a vigil Sunday at the spot where Pretti was shot. She spoke to health care workers who knew ...

Health authorities in Barbados are reporting an increase in cases of syphilis in the country and are urging people to take practical steps to protect their health. In a statement, the Ministry of ...

The decades-long syphilis epidemic in the U.S. continues, as the CDC says the maternal syphilis rate spiked 28% between 2022 ...

A rising number of syphilis infections in Arlington is driving a push to do better at testing and treating the sexually ...

The mother and grandparents of twins born at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor are suing the hospital.

We don’t stop having sex after 40, but we do tend to stop talking about it. And, as the soaring rates of midlife STIs suggest, we might also stop practising safe sex.

The latest report finds that the maternal syphilis rate increased 16% from 2022 to 2023 and an additional 10% from 2023 to 2024, rising from 280.4 to 357.9 cases per 100,000 births over the two-year ...

The Department of Health has urged couples to undergo medical check-ups before marriage, as early screening can prevent babies from being infected with sexually transmitted diseases.

Faced with a syphilis outbreak beginning in 2019, Alberta researchers tried something new to reach the affected and ...