Syphilis is typically spread through direct contact with a syphilis sore, known as a chancre, during vaginal, anal or oral ...

A resurgence of congenital syphilis in Victoria after a 25-year hiatus has prompted an overhaul of screening for pregnant ...

Congenital syphilis is transmitted to fetuses by parents with the infection. In a Feb. 25 letter to Oregon providers, Dr. Pete Singson of the Oregon Health Authority wrote that just two babies were ...

As a child I stood in the mid­dle of the block ... Lin­coln told him that he had been infected with syphilis in Beard­stown in 1835 or 1836 (by a pros­ti­tute). Hern­don wrote to his (biog­ra­pher) co ...

Of infants born to mothers with primary or secondary syphilis, up to 50% will be premature, stillborn, or die in the neonatal period; further, most of these children are born with congenital ...

In 2022, an astounding 207,255 cases of syphilis were reported in the U.S. Particularly alarming is the increase in children being born with syphilis. Congenital syphilis cases are increasing the ...

Though treatable during pregnancy, syphilis has the potential to cause miscarriage, chronic medical issues for the newborn child and infant death. You can learn more about demographic trends and ...

This could mean fewer babies were exposed to syphilis or that more pregnant women were diagnosed with the infection, leading to treatment for both mother and child. “In the absence of treatment ...

In response to a sharp increase over the past several years in cases of syphilis passed down from mother to child, a coalition of birthing hospitals in Arkansas has ...