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, ...

Genital ulcers could be one of many sexually transmitted diseases or an infection that is not transmitted by sex. An expert walks you through a case. This is the first of a three-part series on ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Rates of syphilis are skyrocketing among Minnesotans who are pregnant (“maternal syphilis”) and their babies ...

A city in Pennsylvania is one of the many U.S. cities that are seeing a rise in syphilis cases (and which has been previously noted to be the STD capital of the country). However, officials have noted ...

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that South Dakota has the highest rate of syphilis in the United States. The average rate of syphilis in the United ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Syphilis, an STI caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, has re-emerged as a major public health threat in ...

Researchers have recovered ancient DNA containing bacteria related to syphilis — potentially pushing the known history of the disease back by more than 3,000 years, according to their study. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic ...