Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely ...

Here’s a gripping conversation starter to bring up over your family’s Thanksgiving feast this year: Health officials in Michigan have identified an alarming cluster of syphilis infections in women’s ...

Syphilis is surging in the U.S., reaching the highest numbers in nearly 75 years. Cases of the sexually transmitted disease (STD) rose 10% in 2022, reaching 203,500. The numbers have increased 68% ...

CHICAGO -- Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday. Last ...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising the public that cases of syphilis are increasing in Barbados and is urging ...

New Jersey health officials are sounding an alarm about the rising rates of syphilis. Between 2019 and 2022, syphilis cases ballooned 72%, and the number of babies born with the bacterial infection ...

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