It’s called the Syphilis Point-of-care Rapid Test and Immediate Treatment Evaluation, or SPRITE, Study. It aims to implement ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is caused due to a bacterial infection. If not treated, it can lead ...

The likes of syphilis and scurvy killed many people in the Victorian era - now they're making a comeback as doctors issue a ...

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Diagnoses of syphilis in the West Midlands shot up by 32 per cent in the past three years, especially among heterosexual men, ...

Syphilis is a bacterial infection that can be treated with antibiotics. Its symptoms include: sores around the genitals and mouth a rash on the hands and feet tiredness headaches and joint pain a ...

These teal corkscrews are Treponema pallidum – the bacterium that causes syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection, but if left untreated it can affect other areas of the body, including ...

Among other things, it can cause severe heart, brain, bone, eye and nerve complications. Rates of syphilis remain the highest ...

New Mexico has one of the highest rates of syphilis transmission in the United States; that's according to the Centers for ...

Research into other bacteria that cause pneumonia has shown that they also lead to increases in the risk of developing dementia. Can syphilis and Lyme disease increase the risk of dementia? Syphilis ...

Shawnee County experienced an outbreak of syphilis dating back to May 2023, which KDHE said is affecting unhoused people and ...