Ancient DNA from 5,500-year-old remains in Colombia reveals syphilis-related bacteria existed some 3,000 years earlier than ...

Doxy-PEP reshapes STI prevention, while congenital syphilis surges; experts urge scaling HIV and STI care infrastructure to ...

2,000-year-old bones add evidence against the idea Columbus brought syphilis to Europe. A European outbreak of the STI in the late 1400s was long blamed on the conquistadors. But DNA analysis doesn't ...

From 2018 and 2022, cases skyrocketed by nearly 80%, totaling more than 207,000. Cases of syphilis have hit the highest rate of new infections since the 1950s, according to a new report from the ...

The first historical account of syphilis dates to spring 1495, when a seemingly mysterious disease ravaged the soldiers in King Charles VIII of France’s Italian campaign, then propagated throughout ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — With bacterial sexually transmitted infections of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis on the rise, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Tuesday announced approval of a new ...

Researchers highlighted the anti-inflammatory benefits of GLP-1 receptor agonists in people with HIV, plus a growing concern over rising STI rates and the cautious promise of doxycycline post-exposure ...

If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases ...

Eye syphilis is a manifestation of syphilis. Sometimes, it is the first sign of infection. It can affect almost any part of the eye and resemble a range of other eye diseases. Common symptoms of eye ...

Nearly a quarter of syphilis cases in the U.S. were being diagnosed in women in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, in a sign that the nation's "alarming" epidemic ...

A man went to the emergency room after being in and out of hospitals for a month, and doctors found a surprising explanation ...