Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during ...

A single dose of penicillin works just as well to cure early syphilis as the three-injection regimen now used by many doctors, a new clinical trial suggests. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI A single ...

New Mexico renews its public health order for congenital syphilis testing amid progress, but ongoing high rates for syphilis.

Under the bill, a minor could be diagnosed with syphilis but have no access to antibiotics unless their parents agree.