Doctors and health experts are warning that syphilis cases are surging in the U.S. among newborns, with a doctors group now urging that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued a public health alert after five stillbirths or neonatal deaths were seen in babies with congenital syphilis ...

Syphilis cases in the U.S. have spiked in the last decade, and congenital syphilis —an infection babies contract from their mothers during pregnancy — is surging, according to The American College of ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say newborn syphilis cases are soaring. "I'm actually really glad that people are starting to pay attention ...

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 ...

Rates of syphilis in newborn babies have risen astronomically since 2012, largely because pregnant women have not been getting screened as often as they once were, according to a new report. The ...

In 2024, U.S. cases of newborn syphilis increased for the 12th consecutive year, but the rate of growth is slowing, according to CDC data published Sept. 24. The U.S. recorded 3,941 newborn syphilis ...

This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema pallidum ...

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