Syphilis cases are rising in the U.S., particularly among women and babies. (Illustration: Victoria Ellis for Yahoo; Photo: Getty Images) Congenital syphilis — which is when the disease is passed from ...

Syphilis — an illness that’s been around for centuries, afflicting monarchs, artists and regular folk alike — is on the rise in the U.S. Rates of the sexually transmitted disease are climbing ...

The number of babies born with syphilis was 10 times higher last year in the United States than it was in 2012, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Congenital ...

Congenital syphilis cases, where syphilis transfers to an unborn child during pregnancy, have risen by over 1,000 percent to 3,761 cases in 2022 from 334 in 2012. Because congenital syphilis is ...

Health care professionals are reportedly sounding the alarm as syphilis cases are on the rise in the U.S. Earlier this year, Alaska health officials reported a 49% increase in cases of the sexually ...

The number of syphilis cases in the United States is the highest it’s been since the 1950s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Philip Chan, chief medical officer for Open ...

The Houston Health Department has reported a syphilis outbreak, with an increase of 128% among women in the city, and a ninefold increase in congenital cases in Houston and the surrounding Harris ...

The number of babies born with syphilis in the U.S. more than doubled between 2013 and 2017, according to new federal data. Rates of congenital syphilis, which a mother passes to her baby during ...