Syphilis cases surge across the UK, prompting urgent warnings about symptoms and the importance of early treatment.

New genomic research has confirmed that syphilis, a disease that ravaged Europe shortly after the return of Christopher Columbus and his crew in the late 15th century, originated in the Americas.

Gonorrhoea and syphilis cases are at an all-time high throughout the UK and health experts say the absence of proper ...

The Russian military wants to make it harder for conscripts to secure medical exemptions from military service, including ...

Congenital syphilis is divided into two classifications: early disease (seen in children before two years) and late disease (seen after two years). Without treatment fetal or perinatal deaths ...

In most cases, particularly in late syphilis, a quantitative test reveals an extremely low titer, which remains the same on repeated testing. This small amount of reagin may have been missed ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - There has been a rise in reported cases of congenital syphilis (CS) -- people passing down syphilis to their babies during pregnancy -- according to the newly-released 2023 ...

Early secondary syphilis is manifested by a transitory macular rash on the torso and limbs, whereas late secondary syphilis is often characterized by a nonpruritic morbilliform or pustular rash on ...

Again, the signs and symptoms of secondary syphilis resolve spontaneously without treatment, and the infection then enters the latent phase. Figure 2. Primary lesion of syphilis. Figure courtesy ...

Hair loss is one possible symptom of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. It’s thought to occur due to an immune response to the bacteria causing the infection. Syphilis is a sexually ...