For decades, syphilis testing meant first screening a patient with a nontreponemal test, such as the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test, which identifies recent or untreated syphilis but can yield ...

A scientific quest that started in 1905 has been achieved by scientists at McGovern Medical School, who reported that they are the first to grow a long-lasting tissue culture of the bacterium ...

Recently there has been a resurgence of Syphilis infections over the last several years with rates of new syphilis infections increasing particularly in high risk populations (i.e Men who have sex ...

Syphilis cases have increased nearly 80% from 2018 to 2022, CDC data shows. The first at-home, over-the-counter antibody test for syphilis received marketing authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Engineers have taken an ordinary smartphone and made it a whole lot smarter. They created a compact, handheld device that plugs into an iPhone and turns it into a mobile laboratory that can diagnose ...

Many health insurance plans are required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to cover certain STD screenings without ...

In the study, the highest risk of maternal syphilis was found in Black mothers, women aged 24 and under, unmarried women, and ...

Share on Pinterest A new report from the CDC shows that syphilis cases spiked in 2022 while the number of cases of other sexually transmitted infections were flat or decreased. Anchiy/Getty Images A ...