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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Syphilis is a primary sexually transmitted disease, but the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported a “dire” increase in babies being born with it. In the United States, ...

A tissue sample with the presence of Treponema pallidum spirochetes, the bacterium responsible for causing syphilis, is shown. U.S. health officials are calling for stepped-up prevention measures, ...

Cases of newborn syphilis are rising rapidly in the U.S., and federal health officials are sounding the alarm and urging action. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show ...