Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) involves taking an antibiotic soon after sex without a barrier method to ...

Sexually transmitted infections are rising in the U.S.—particularly syphilis, which increased by 26% from 2020 to 2021, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Syphilis is making a concerning comeback across the country, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting cases increased by nearly 80% between 2018 and 2022. Kentucky isn’t ...

Secondary syphilis is the second stage of untreated syphilis. A non-itchy rash, sore throat, fatigue, joint pain, fever, and wart-like patches are possible symptoms. If you don’t get treatment for the ...

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

The Tuskegee syphilis study stands as one of the greatest moral failures in American medical history, a reminder of what ...

The number of syphilis cases in the United States is the highest it’s been since the 1950s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Philip Chan, chief medical officer for Open ...

Changes in sexual practice and condom use may also lie behind the spike in syphilis cases (Credit: Getty Images) Syphilis is one of the oldest known sexually transmitted infections. Once thought to be ...

What's wrong with this picture: In the year 2,000, only 6,000 cases of syphilis were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But in 2016, 88,042 new cases of syphilis ...

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