Nearly a quarter of syphilis cases in the U.S. were being diagnosed in women in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, in a sign that the nation's "alarming" epidemic ...

Women giving birth in the U.S. are now three times more likely to have syphilis than they were in 2016, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. “The increase in maternal ...

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The Houston Health Department announced a 128% increase in syphilis among women and a “nine-fold rise” in congenital syphilis cases — when a mother passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy — ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Syphilis infections quadrupled among Iowa women between 2019 and 2022, and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says it’s still seeing that trend in 2024. Iowa ...

Silva is a pediatrician and newborn hospitalist in La Jolla and lives in Rancho Peñasquitos. In California, the number of babies born with syphilis (congenital syphilis) is increasing rapidly, ...

HOUSTON - Houston and Harris County are experiencing a syphilis outbreak after Houston Health Department (HHD) reports a 128% increase in cases among women and a nine-fold rise in congenital syphilis.