Mississippi leads the nation in the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, and one is in the spotlight because the state is working to stop the spread, particularly from mom to baby. Overall, Invigor ...

It's an unwelcome distinction for Texas, with alarming statistics being reported involving newborns and a common sexually transmitted disease. Our state leads the nation when it comes to babies born ...

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This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema pallidum ...

Cases of newborn syphilis in the United States have risen for the past 12 years, despite a slowdown in the past year or two, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The New Mexico Department of Health in October extended its 2022 public health order to maintain aggressive statewide testing for syphilis. The order, which will remain in effect for a year, directs ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted Wednesday. Uncertainty over ...

Philadelphia FIGHT's PrEP Team, in partnership with their local Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, is ramping up access to free rapid syphilis testing through a series of community events designed to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — Cases of syphilis have spiked in Virginia specifically among pregnant women. According to the Virginia Department of Health, data collected from 2024 shows that syphilis cases ...

The program is a collaboration between the Alaska Department of Corrections and the state’s health department.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted last week. The Centers for ...