Sexually transmitted infections are rising in the U.S.—particularly syphilis, which increased by 26% from 2020 to 2021, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

If so, you may want to consider scheduling an appointment with a dermatologist or with your primary care physician to make sure your skin condition isn’t an early warning sign for syphilis. Anyone can ...

In terms of harms of screening, index test positivity ranged from 1.0 to 4.8%, with estimates of false positives varying from 0 to 65%. HealthDay News — The US Preventive Services Task Force ...

TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for syphilis during pregnancy. This recommendation forms the basis of a final ...

However, we must clarify that the assertion that “both mother and child were positive on RPR [rapid plasma reagin] and TPLA [Treponema pallidium latex assay] tests—confirming a diagnosis of congenital ...

In a busy clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, a clinician performs a rapid syphilis test on a pregnant woman. Within 15 minutes, the results are in — she is infected — and treatment can begin ...

Article Summary Tickets are now on sale for Disney's live-action Lilo & Stitch, with a new movie clip unveiled to celebrate. Five brand new posters have been released alongside the new footage ...

From the first spread of Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir “Maus,” one can already glean his signature mix of the autobiographical, the fictional and the poetic. “It was summer, I remember I ...

In 2022, the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health (KFL&A PH) region saw a sharp increase in syphilis cases. Local infection rates had more than doubled the provincial average, and ...

Children born with syphilis are six times more likely to be admitted to hospital in their first five years of life compared to children not exposed to syphilis from their mother before birth ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Norfolk Department of Public Health is warning the community about a rise in syphilis. The concern is being met with a campaign to raise awareness for testing and ...