In 2022, an astounding 207,255 cases of syphilis were reported in the U.S. Particularly alarming is the increase in children ...

This means fewer people are getting tested for syphilis, including people who can spread it to partners or children during birth. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Of infants born to mothers with primary or secondary syphilis, up to 50% will be premature, stillborn, or die in the neonatal period; further, most of these children are born with congenital ...

A resurgence of congenital syphilis in Victoria after a 25-year hiatus has prompted an overhaul of screening for pregnant ...

Congenital syphilis can cause rashes, and abnormalities in bones shortly after birth. The infected children can develop symptoms such as inflammation of the eyes and hearing loss in a few years ...

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection ... The survey received responses from 1,346 medical institutions nationwide that deliver children. It found that 18 of 3,504 pregnant teens, or 0. ...