From 2018 and 2022, cases skyrocketed by nearly 80%, totaling more than 207,000. Cases of syphilis have hit the highest rate of new infections since the 1950s, according to a new report from the ...

Syphilis in its early stages increases liver enzymes alanine transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyltransferase and/or alkaline phosphatase resulting in a clinical picture that ...

Syphilis cases are on the rise around the globe, but many Americans don't know the symptoms. In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that syphilis cases had risen 80% ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MDMedically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD What syphilis looks like depends on which of the four stages is involved. In the primary stage, small chancre sores appear. A ...

IN recent times, the relevance of syphilis has reasserted itself so much that the Government has been giving its prevalence a degree of priority, with ...

Data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a troubling trend: a sharp rise in the number of pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis, a sexually transmitted ...

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An outbreak of syphilis has been declared in Houston after cases in women more than doubled since 2019. Official data showed a 128 percent rise in cases detected in the group in America's ...

New CDC data shows a surge of sexually transmitted infections in the U.S. in recent years. The most significant rise is in syphilis and congenital syphilis, which occurs when mothers pass on the ...

A cluster of cases of ocular syphilis has been reported in Michigan, US. The five women infected all contracted the disease from the same sexual partner. While ocular syphilis is not that common ...