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A rare presentation of syphilis has experts questioning whether the bacterium has mutated.

Local, state doctors report increase in syphilis cases among pregnant women

A new syphilis grant program will provide community-based organizations with funding to help treat and prevent syphilis.  

Medical officials across the Empire State are shocked by how much these rates have increased.

The health department says when some people think of Syphilis, they think of it as an old disease but recent numbers from the state health department says otherwise.  

In 2021, Ireland ranked fourth highest across Europe for rates of gonorrhoea and third highest for rates of syphilis.

As syphilis cases surge across America, a group representing the nation's STD specialists says members are reporting shortages of a drug essential to fighting the disease.

A new survey released by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) illustrates how ongoing drug shortages and workforce eliminations are hampering a nationwide effort to protect babies from congenital syphilis amid a dire outbreak.

Unlike many eye conditions, ocular syphilis is a highly treatable disease. But it needs to be correctly identified.

Meanwhile, the overall number of syphilis cases in the country in 2023 came to 13,251 as of Nov. 19, topping the 2022 total of 13,228.