WASHINGTON • Public health officials grappling with record-high syphilis rates around the nation have pinpointed what appears to be a major risk factor: drug use. "Two major public health issues are ...

The number of babies being born with syphilis in the U.S. kept increasing last year, even as the number of cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the country dropped, according to new ...

A one-dose treatment plan could help with ongoing drug shortages and limit the development of antibiotic resistance THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A single dose of penicillin works just as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The medication is the only one available to prevent an infected pregnant woman from passing the disease to a fetus. Pfizer says the shortage... Penicillin Shortage Could Be A Problem For People With ...

A single dose of penicillin works just as well to cure early syphilis as the three-injection regimen now used by many doctors, a new clinical trial says. Second and third doses of benzathine ...

Denmark becomes the first EU country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis through nationwide ...