In 2018, there were more than 115,000 syphilis cases in the U.S. Texas topped the list for the most cases of congenital syphilis in the country with 367 cases or 92.2 per 100,000 live births.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - Doctors say cases of congenital syphilis are climbing - now at numbers that are the highest the U.S. has seen in decades. The disease can cause abnormalities and even ...

Syphilis is usually a sexually transmitted bacterial infection (STD). However, it can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during pregnancy (congenital syphilis) or through a blood ...

Syracuse, NY -- There are nearly 30 times more cases of syphilis in Onondaga County than there were 20 years ago, according ...

Pima County has one of the highest rates of congenital syphilis in the nation and its health department is urging widespread testing, particularly for pregnant women who are at risk of a ...

Despite effective therapies, socioeconomic factors continue to be a major obstacle to the prevention of congenital syphilis. Syphilis in the pregnant mother can present some treatment difficulties ...

New cases of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis have risen again in England, continuing a trend dating back to the early 2000s. While the overall number of people diagnosed with ...

an RDT can be used to increase access to testing or for prenatal screening to prevent congenital syphilis. In settings where non-treponemal tests, such as the RPR test, are available, it might be ...

Congenital syphilis has declined in incidence due to mandatory prenatal testing and effective therapy. The incidence of congenital and neonatal varicella and of congenital rubella has been lowered ...

She had been born with complex congenital heart defects: parts of the right side of her heart hadn’t developed, and there were multiple holes in the organ. Her prognosis was grim — doctors ...

It is a complication of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. Neurosyphilis can develop at any stage of syphilis. Neurosyphilis occurs when the bacterium Treponema pallidum (T. pallidum ...