TACOMA – A national shortage of medication used to treat syphilis is leading to ration recommendations in Pierce County, and a recent update from the drugmaker did not bring better news. On July 5, ...

Syphilis cases are rising in the U.S., particularly among women and babies. (Illustration: Victoria Ellis for Yahoo; Photo: Getty Images) Congenital syphilis — which is when the disease is passed from ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In most cases, a single BPG dose is as effective against early syphilis as a three-dose regimen. Syphilis rates ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection. Without treatment, the stages of syphilis include symptoms that worsen over time. They can lead to severe or possibly fatal complications. Syphilis is a ...

Syphilis cases have been rising at an alarming rate in the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As concerns for syphilis and sexually ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- An interval of 9 days between antibiotic doses for treating syphilis during pregnancy was less effective in preventing congenital syphilis than ensuring all intervals were 6-8 days, ...

Researchers have found that a single injection of the antibiotic benzathine penicillin G (BPG) successfully treated early syphilis just as well as the three-injection regimen used by many clinicians ...

To be clear, also, there’s pretty good evidence for weakened immune systems being at least a major factor, given shingles risk among the immunosuppressed ...

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 ...