Why Are So Many People Getting Syphilis? An Expert Explains the Uptick in Cases. Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection. In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 209,253 cases of s ...

Sexually active people should get screened for syphilis, along with other STIs, about once a year, says Park. People should also be tested for syphilis early in pregnancy.Pregnant people at higher ...

Other states with high rates of syphilis include New Mexico, at 135.6, and Mississippi, at 115.7 people with syphilis per every 100,000 residents. The CDC marked a 1 percent rise in national ...

“Untreated syphilis in the eye is devastating because it can lead to blindness.” Khurana told the outlet that patients are typically treated with an intravenous antibiotic for 10 to 14 days ...

They’re also getting ready, hopefully, in a month or so, to roll out rapid syphilis testing out in the community, so people will know within 20 minutes if they have syphilis. They’ll have a ...

New cases of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis have risen again in England, continuing a trend dating back to the early 2000s.

Syphilis cases have been rising for a decade. Between 2011 and 2021, the rate of infectious syphilis rose by more than 500% in women aged 15–44 years, from 141 in 2011 to 902 in 2021. This ...

How often should people get tested for syphilis? “That answer is different for everybody,” Hook admits. “In general, the more partners a person has, the more often they should be checked.