Parents say the accused child abuser was working with children at an Essendon daycare centre months before authorities say he started there.

The experts agree: At-home STD tests are fast, reliable and allow you to test for a broad range of STDs and STIs.

The Navajo Nation has a unique program to fight sexually transmitted infections, including syphilis.

Rates of syphilis in the US are higher than anytime since the 1950s, CDC says While not eradicated, syphilis cases had been under control, thanks to penicillin used to treat the sexually ...

Guest columnist Frank Catrone, a disease intervention specialist supervisor with Canton City Public Health, urges people to get tested for syphilis.

Is casual sex, without protection, with one or multiple partners, something that you do often? You may end up with a sexually transmitted infection or STI. In fact, anyone who is sexually active, must ...

The number of babies born infected with syphilis increased in Colorado last year, but not by as much as state officials feared when they sounded the alarm in April.

But modern syphilis may have cropped up just before the arrival of Columbus, the scientists wrote in the study, and rapidly expanded in the early colonial period corresponding with the rise in ...

For centuries, scientists have disputed the origins of syphilis. A new study of ancient DNA supports an American origin for syphilis, before Columbus arrived.

Your screening may include tests for gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and HIV. A certified testing counselor can take a urine sample, throat swab, and/or rectal swab to test for gonorrhea and chlamydia ...

Syphilis, an STI caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, has re-emerged as a major public health threat in the United States, with rates skyrocketing over the past decade.

South Dakota has the highest rate of syphilis in the country, with 229 people with the STI per every 100,000 state residents.