With rates of syphilis rising quickly in the United States and elsewhere, clinicians are having to up their game when it comes to diagnosing and treating an infection that they may not be paying ...

“Opt-out screening will be an important strategy in the effort to address the syphilis epidemic,” the authors write. HealthDay News — Implementation of opt-out emergency department syphilis screening ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DENVER — Syphilis is often asymptomatic. Increased testing of at-risk patients — especially if a new rash or ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted market authorization to the first at-home syphilis test amid a decades-long rise of cases in the U.S. The test, which detects syphilis antibodies in ...

But there are more ways to test and protect yourself than before. In recent years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

A sexually transmitted infection (STI) that almost disappeared is back — with a vengeance. The medieval STI can silently but ...

Electron micrograph imagery of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis, including a foreground close-up of a single particle (right). Spiral-shaped bacteria are colorized in gold. The ...

The FDA on Friday granted marketing authorization to NOWDiagnostics for the first at-home, over-the-counter syphilis screening test. The authorization follows last year's authorization of the first at ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Health care providers in Oregon are deeply concerned that congenital syphilis rates continue to rise at an alarming pace, according to preliminary 2024 Oregon Health Authority ...

Presumed active syphilis infection increased 288% during the study period, from 161 patients to 624 patients. HealthDay News — Implementation of opt-out emergency department syphilis screening leads ...