US adults diagnosed as having late-stage syphilis are at higher risk for major cardiovascular conditions such as stroke and ...

Syphilis has been rising sharply in the United States, with especially high rates in Southern states. Now, a new study from ...

Scientists have used genomics to reveal distinct sexual networks for syphilis transmission, defined geographically or by sexual preference, among a background of wider circulation in England. They ...

Syphilis has long been difficult to eradicate — and it’s having another resurgence. In the United States alone, more than 171,000 cases of the sexually-transmitted infection were reported in 2021, up ...

If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...