Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

While HIV/AIDS cases have fallen since last year, syphilis infections rose 2 percent, with cases among those aged 15 to 14 rising 8 percent, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. Newly ...

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have developed a world-first ...

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and the weeks that follow are busy days for infectious disease doctors like me. Roses, chocolates, and hot dates give ...

DENVER -- An estimated one in 12 U.S. adolescents with early syphilis also have HIV in a national surveillance sample, but the burden of co-occurring syphilis and HIV in teens is decreasing, 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 stillbirth if ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four treponemal diseases, including syphilis—from 5,500-year-old human remains in ...

INTO CUSTODY IN MEXICO. ALL THIS WEEK, WE ARE RAISING AWARENESS FOR MEN’S HEALTH MONTH. MORNING ANCHOR STEVEN GRAVES IS TACKLING A SUBJECT THAT’S NOT TALKED ABOUT OFTEN SEXUAL HEALTH. YES, STORIES ...

FILE – This 1972 microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Treponema pallidum bacterium which causes the disease syphilis. With syphilis cases in U.S.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. (NewsNation) — So far this year, at least ...

(NewsNation) — So far this year, at least three infant deaths associated with congenital syphilis have been reported in New York state, as the number of reported cases continues to increase nationwide ...

Mississippi leads the nation in the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, and one is in the spotlight because the state is working to stop the spread, particularly from mom to baby. Overall, Invigor ...