Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syphilis cases are rising in the U.S., particularly among women and babies. (Illustration: Victoria Ellis for Yahoo; Photo: Getty ...

The number of syphilis cases in the United States is the highest it’s been since the 1950s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Philip Chan, chief medical officer for Open ...

A man went to the emergency room after being in and out of hospitals for a month, and doctors found a surprising explanation ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I thought long and hard about if I should write about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Social media is going crazy amid speculation former President Donald J. Trump has syphilis. Democratic political consultant James ...

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 ...

Cases of infectious and congenital syphilis have skyrocketed in Canada since 2017. In response, health advocates are calling on the government and public health authorities to quickly embrace more ...

Last year, more than 2,000 babies were born with a preventable infection that—when left untreated—can cause skeletal abnormalities, liver problems, prematurity, deafness, blindness, and stillbirth.

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 ...