Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One woman’s eyesight was so blurry she feared she was going blind. Another reported double vision that lasted for weeks. Yet ...

Genital ulcers could be one of many sexually transmitted diseases or an infection that is not transmitted by sex. An expert walks you through a case. This is the first of a three-part series on ...

In 1495, a devastating infection began to sweep across Europe, causing pustules and sores to erupt on people’s bodies and faces. Accusatory finger-pointing about the scourge, syphilis, began almost ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tyler Broghammer, a sexually transmitted infection caseworker, opens a cooler filled with syringes of penicillin on April 24, 2024 ...

Congenital syphilis represents one of the most devastating yet preventable threats to infant health, with cases climbing at an alarming rate across the United States. This resurgent public health ...

The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday. Until now, people who suspected that they had the sexually transmitted infection had to go ...

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have developed a world-first ...

CHICAGO (WAND) — Last week, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the launch of a new data collection process to learn more about the troubling increase in congenital syphilis ...

When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he said, he was shocked by how many cases of syphilis the clinic was treating. For decades, ...

Syphilis is on the rise in San Luis Obispo County, local medical officials warned. The sexually transmitted infection — which is most commonly spread through unprotected vaginal, anal, or oral sex ...

Aug. 16 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first over-the-counter, at-home test for syphilis in response to surging levels of the sexually transmitted disease nationwide.

A city in Pennsylvania is one of the many U.S. cities that are seeing a rise in syphilis cases (and which has been previously noted to be the STD capital of the country). However, officials have noted ...