Medically reviewed by Kiarra King, MD Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria and has four stages.Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment can cure syphilis and prevent ...

Bacterial DNA that is closely related to the syphilis bacterium has been found in 2000-year-old human remains in Brazil, making these the oldest known samples of such infections. Syphilis is caused by ...

Here's a gripping conversation starter to bring up over your family's Thanksgiving feast this year: Health officials in Michigan have identified an alarming cluster of syphilis infections in women's ...

The incidence of syphilis is rising across US populations, with congenital syphilis and drug shortages posing major public health and treatment challenges.

CASES of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can lead to dementia if not treated are on the rise in the UK. Symptoms ...

Antibiotics start working immediately by rupturing the protective cell walls of harmful bacteria, but you may not feel relief ...

Syphilis is a chronic infection caused by Treponema pallidum, mainly spread via sexual contact, lesions, placenta, or rarely ...

New Jersey health officials are sounding an alarm about the rising rates of syphilis. Between 2019 and 2022, syphilis cases ballooned 72%, and the number of babies born with the bacterial infection ...

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 ...

Doctors are seeing more patients with unusual vision and eye symptoms due to the sexually transmitted infection Amid the current syphilis “epidemic” in the U.S., doctors are seeing more patients with ...