England saw its sharpest fall in STI diagnoses in years in 2025, though syphilis trends in women are moving in the wrong ...

A hunter-gatherer who died in what is now Colombia more than 5,000 years ago carried a secret in their bones. Scientists analyzing the remains recently discovered DNA from an ancient form of the ...

Researchers have recovered ancient DNA containing bacteria related to syphilis — potentially pushing the known history of the disease back by more than 3,000 years, according to their study. The ...

*Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. During pregnancy, this bacteria can ...

A sexually transmitted infection (STI) that almost disappeared is back — with a vengeance. The medieval STI can silently but significantly increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and dangerous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From 2018 and 2022, cases skyrocketed by nearly 80%, totaling more than 207,000. From 2018 and 2022, cases skyrocketed by nearly ...

Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the ...

Researchers have found that a single injection of the antibiotic benzathine penicillin G (BPG) successfully treated early syphilis just as well as the three-injection regimen used by many clinicians ...

Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher nationwide.

The latest Annual Epidemiological Reports from ECDC indicate a surge in bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) ...