Although Black Americans comprised about 30 percent of primary and secondary syphilis cases with a rate of 67 cases per 100,000, gay men and other men who have sex with men have the highest rates.

Syphilis is skyrocketing, but many people don't seem to care.. That's a huge problem, and it's one of the reasons we ended up in this situation in the first place, experts say. Still, they advise ...

Syphilis cases have increased nearly 80% from 2018 to 2022, CDC data shows. The first at-home, over-the-counter antibody test for syphilis received marketing authorization from the U.S. Food and ...

Syphilis was close to being eradicated in the U.S. in the 1990s. But in the decades since funding for prevention and treatment has stagnated, and the number of cases has risen steadily.

Sexually transmitted infections are rising in the U.S.—particularly syphilis, which increased by 26% from 2020 to 2021, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Syphilis cases continue to surge in U.S., CDC says 03:47. Nearly a quarter of syphilis cases in the U.S. were being diagnosed in women in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Syphilis has been on the rise in recent years. The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022 ...

Syphilis was nearly eliminated in the United States about 20 years ago, but rose by 74 percent, to 177,000 cases, between 2017 and 2021. Other S.T.I.s are also on the rise: ...

A new CDC report found showed more than 3,700 babies were born with syphilis in 2022. That’s more than ten times the number of cases in 2012.

Reported rates of syphilis among active-duty service members have increased by 40 percent from 2020 to 2022 and doubled from 2014 levels. Defense public health experts say this is an individual ...

The Houston Health Department has reported a syphilis outbreak, with an increase of 128% among women in the city, and a ninefold increase in congenital cases in Houston and the surrounding Harris ...

Syphilis cases skyrocketed in the U.S. as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's STD prevention budget dropped, data shows. In 2003, the budget was around $169 million and there were ...