A regional initiative to combat rising syphilis cases in Hampton Roads is showing positive results one year after its launch.

Venus Johnson entered the world clinging to life. She stopped breathing shortly after delivery, and doctors massaged her tiny chest and held her upside down to clear her lungs of thick mucus, the ...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise in the US, which is news no one ever wants to hear. Case numbers are up for both gonorrhea and syphilis, including congenital syphilis, which is ...

The percentage of pregnant women in Ontario, Canada, screened for syphilis in the first trimester—which helps prevent ...

NEW YORK -- The New York State Department of Health (NYDOH) is warning about the risks of congenital syphilis after three infant deaths related to the disease have been reported in the state so far ...

The number of babies born with syphilis was 10 times higher last year in the United States than it was in 2012, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Congenital ...

*Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. During pregnancy, this bacteria can ...