Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that can be cured with antibiotics. But if you don't treat it and you get pregnant, you pass it on to your baby. “You definitely can,” Dr. Sunil Joshi said. ...

According to new research in CMAJ, one in five pregnant women in Ontario did not receive timely syphilis screening, which is ...

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. The agency's data shows that 3,761 babies were born ...

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 ...

A new study says one in five pregnant people in Ontario were not properly screened for syphilis, a preventable disease that ...

Mississippi has been hit with a rise of congenital syphilis (CS) in newborns, as there’s been a 900 per cent increase of babies diagnosed with the disease. Dr Thomas Dobbs, the medical director for ...

A New York infant who lives outside the city has died from a presumed syphilis infection in the third such case this year, prompting health officials to call for more education and testing. The state ...

The woman said she was racked with pain and disbelief on the hospital bed, her belly slick with ultrasound gel, when a hospital worker delivered the news: There was a baby inside her. It was a boy.

Every hour a baby is born in China with syphilis, as the world's fastest-growing epidemic of the disease is fueled by men with new money from the nation's booming economy, researchers say. Subscribe ...