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 ...

Progression Without treatment, roughly 1 in 4 people with syphilis will progress to tertiary syphilis. For all stages of infections, penicillins are the treatment of choice.

Syphilis can be easily treated and cured. However, people who are infected don’t necessarily know it.

The CDC Chief Medical Officer said the rates of babies born with congenital syphilis has "skyrocketed," with a new report released Tuesday showing the highest numbers in 30 years.

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A new CDC report found showed more than 3,700 babies were born with syphilis in 2022. That’s more than ten times the number of cases in 2012.

South Dakota has the highest rate of syphilis in the country, with 229 people with the STI per every 100,000 state residents.

Some people with latent syphilis will experience a tertiary stage of illness years to decades later that causes severe damage to the body’s organs, including the brain.

Dr. Jennifer Mullendore, medical director for Buncombe County Department of Health & Human Services, discusses the disease and its growing prevalence in the Asheville area.

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

Syphilis rates in the United States have been going up for about 20 years — along with other sexually transmitted infections. But in April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...