An image from an electron microscope of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that causes syphilis. In 2022, the number of reported cases of syphilis in the United States was the highest it has been since ...

Cases have risen by 80 percent since 2018, the C.D.C. reported. But chlamydia remains far more common. By Apoorva Mandavilli Syphilis, once nearly eliminated in the United States, continues to resurge ...

Share on Pinterest A new report from the CDC shows that syphilis cases spiked in 2022 while the number of cases of other sexually transmitted infections were flat or decreased. Anchiy/Getty Images A ...

Congenital syphilis has become more than ten times as common over the past decade, the C.D.C. reported. “The situation is dire,” said one expert. By Apoorva Mandavilli See more of our coverage in your ...

Eye syphilis is a manifestation of syphilis. Sometimes, it is the first sign of infection. It can affect almost any part of the eye and resemble a range of other eye diseases. Common symptoms of eye ...

It has infected thousands of Aussies in the last decade, and killed dozens of infants.

This is the damage late-stage syphilis can do to bones. The Victorian-era sexually transmitted infection is preventable and curable, so why are infection rates rising in Australia? Turning over old ...