With congenital syphilis at a 30-year high in the US, experts stress that early and universal syphilis screening in pregnancy is vital to protect both mothers and newborns from preventable harm. Study ...

Congenital syphilis represents one of the most devastating yet preventable threats to infant health, with cases climbing at an alarming rate across the United States. This resurgent public health ...

A history of adequately treated syphilis before pregnancy is associated with more than a 100-fold increase in congenital syphilis risk, with rates of 6806 per 100,000 live births compared with 70 per ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Congenital syphilis occurs when a newborn contracts the disease from an infected person during pregnancy. bojanstory/Getty Images The CDC reports that cases of congenital syphilis ...

As a physician and former public health official, I have never been more concerned about those rates of congenital syphilis,” ...

Data just published online shows a worrying increase in infectious syphilis cases in women living in Australia aged 15–44 (referred to as "reproductive age") and a subsequent rise in transmission from ...

Twenty-nine cases of congenital syphilis (including three stillbirths) were reported to the Minnesota Department of Health in 2023, according to preliminary data. This represents the highest case ...

An alarming rise in congenital syphilis is putting newborns at risk across the U.S. — and Virginia is no exception. In 2024, the state reported a 66% year-over-year increase in cases, according to the ...