Syphilis remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in pregnant women, where maternal infection with Treponema pallidum can lead to severe adverse pregnancy outcomes. Epidemiological ...
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 ...
The sharp rise in maternal syphilis cases has coincided with an alarming spike in congenital syphilis, or cases when a baby becomes infected before birth. In infants, syphilis can be a severe, ...
Based on the reaffirmation evidence update, the USPSTF concludes that screening for syphilis infection in pregnancy has a substantial net benefit. Early, universal screening for syphilis infection is ...
In this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human ...
Recent United States government data finds that maternal syphilis rates have risen, putting thousands of infants in danger. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that over 10,000 ...
Congenital syphilis cases, where syphilis transfers to an unborn child during pregnancy, have risen by over 1,000 percent to 3,761 cases in 2022 from 334 in 2012. Because congenital syphilis is ...
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 ...
HERE ON U.S. SOIL. THERE IS AN URGENT ALERT TONIGHT ABOUT SYPHILIS. THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS DIAGNOSED WITH A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION HAS NOW APPARENTLY SURGED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL WE’VE SEEN ...
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