The number of new cases of primary and secondary syphilis increased to 11,181 in 2007, a 12 percent increase over the previous year, according to preliminary data. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

The public health workforce tasked with fighting what has been a long-losing battle against sexually transmitted infections now finds itself confronted with a new, unfamiliar outlook: hope. After ...

Transgender women and Black gay and bisexual men in Chicago are nearly twice as likely to contract syphilis at some point in their lives as white gay men, according to a new study conducted by ...

New national STD statistics were released by the Centers for Disease Control for 2012. Syphilis is most prevalent among gay and bisexual men. “Trend data show that men who have sex with men account ...

Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain the recent uptick in the sexually transmitted infection Vanessa Etienne ...

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Rate of infection overall up 12 percent, is higher in men than in women The number of new cases of primary and secondary syphilis increased to 11,181 in 2007, a 12 percent increase over the previous ...