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 ...

Health officials are raising urgent concerns as syphilis infections surge across the United States, with several California counties reporting particularly alarming rates. Public health leaders say ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health officials around the country are sounding the alarm: Syphilis cases are spiking. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease; it’s considered congenital when its passed from mother ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. During pregnancy, this bacteria can pass from a mother with untreated syphilis, known as maternal syphilis, to ...

The findings of a new study by a Charles Sturt University researcher and colleagues challenge a long-standing assumption used by scientists studying ancient disease. The study is published in the ...

When King Charles VIII of France occupied Naples in 1495, his army of nearly 20,000 mercenaries became the ground zero of the “Great Pox,” the first massive venereal syphilis pandemic in Europe, which ...

Traces of a bacterium related to syphilis have been found in a bone from a person who lived in the mountains of Colombia over 5000 years ago. The discovery shows that this group of corkscrew-shaped ...

If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NEW YORK — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is as effective against early syphilis as a three-dose regimen. The ...