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% ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who search for patients across the Navajo Nation who have tested ...

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 ...

Houston, we have a problem. The number of syphilis cases in Houston, Texas, among women has jumped by 128% from 295 in 2019 up to 674 cases in 2022. That and other similar syphilis statistics have ...

Syphilis is spreading across the U.S. and Oregon. Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention published earlier this year shows that Oregon ranks the 9th highest state for infection rates.

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

Doctors have been closely monitoring a rise in certain sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, a bacterial infection that comes with a range of symptoms. "You can have symptoms from a ...

Infectious disease experts are warning that Bicillin L-A, the penicillin needed to treat syphilis, is scarce. The shortage could cause the disease to spread in the U.S. more quickly, The New York ...

Cases of congenital syphilis, an infection passed from mother to newborn, have increased more than tenfold across the nation over the past decade, with more than 3,700 cases reported in 2022, ...

The Houston Health Department has reported a syphilis outbreak, with an increase of 128% among women in the city, and a ninefold increase in congenital cases in Houston and the surrounding Harris ...

A rising number of syphilis infections in Arlington is driving a push to do better at testing and treating the sexually transmitted infection. In the most recent data, from 2024, Arlington’s rate of ...