Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher nationwide.

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that the number of babies born with syphilis in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate. More than 3,700 babies were born with ...

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, ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says congenital syphilis numbers have more than tripled since 1994. Syphilis is a sexually-transmitted disease, a bacterial ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health officials around the country are sounding the alarm: Syphilis cases are spiking. New York has seen the number of syphilis cases increase five-fold since 2013, Nexstar’s WIVT/WGBH ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health officials around the country are sounding the alarm: Syphilis cases are spiking. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease; it’s considered congenital when its passed from mother ...