Antiviral drugs can help shorten or prevent such attacks. Syphilis is a curable bacterial STI caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum that accounted for roughly 209,000 new cases in 2023. Syphilis ...

The history of syphilis has long been debated, with experts unable to come to a consensus over the origins of the outbreak that rocked Europe in the 16th century. New research reveals the bacterium ...