Recent data released by the CDC indicates a staggering 183 percent surge in congenital syphilis cases over the past five years, rising from just over 1,300 cases in 2018 to nearly 4,000 in 2022.

C ases of congenital syphilis reached a 20-year high last year after they more than doubled from 362 in 2013 to 918 in 2017, leading health authorities to emphasize the importance of testing all ...

Congenital syphilis usually results from transplacental passage of T. pallidum to the fetus during disseminated maternal infection. Less frequently, neonatal infection occurs through exposure to ...

Sexually transmitted diseases are resurging across the United States. More than 3,700 cases of congenital syphilis were reported in 2022, roughly 11 times the number recorded a decade ago.

The Houston Health Department has reported a syphilis outbreak, with an increase of 128% among women in the city, and a ninefold increase in congenital cases in Houston and the surrounding Harris ...

More than 3,700 babies were born with syphilis in 2022, more than 10 times the number in 2012, according to a new report from the CDC.

T he number of babies born with syphilis in the U.S. more than doubled between 2013 and 2017, according to new federal data.. Rates of congenital syphilis, which a mother passes to her baby during ...

More than 3,700 babies in the U.S. were born with syphilis in 2022, more than 10 times the number in 2012, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Congenital syphilis, which are cases of syphilis that are passed from a mother to child during pregnancy, is a growing crisis in the United States, and especially in Texas.