Alabama has made some improvements in lowering rates of some sexually transmitted diseases over the last three years, according to recent data from the state’s health department. But cases of one ...

In a concerning development that has caught the attention of public health officials nationwide, syphilis – a sexually transmitted infection once considered to be in decline – has made an alarming ...

The nation’s largest coalition of obstetricians issued an urgent warning Thursday calling on doctors to expand testing for syphilis during pregnancy amid a surge of cases in recent years. The American ...

The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded grants for 10 projects to improve diagnostic tools for congenital and adult syphilis - ...

Syphilis may still be contagious for a short time after treatment. People can take precautions to help avoid transmission before and after treatment. This can include avoiding sex for at least 1 week.

Several conditions can cause a false-positive syphilis test result. However, healthcare professionals often use two different tests to diagnose a person with syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually ...

Canada has been experiencing an increasing number of syphilis diagnoses since 2016. Numerous provinces have declared outbreaks in recent years, with the highest rates observed in the Northwest ...