Congenital syphilis remains a critical issue in remote Australia, with healthcare barriers undermining effective STI ...

Common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during pregnancy have been linked to a higher risk of significant birth ...

Pfizer is warning physicians that it expects a new shortage of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting penicillin injection that is currently the single recommended treatment for syphilis during pregnancy, CNN ...

In 2023, the U.S. saw the highest number of reported congenital syphilis cases in more than 30 years with 3,882 cases and 279 congenital syphilis-related stillbirths and neonatal or infant deaths.

As congenital syphilis cases soar in the United States, some states are turning to rapid, point-of-care tests to catch infections early. News & Perspective Tools & Reference CME/CE.

Rwanda’s low coverage of syphilis testing among pregnant women is putting mothers and newborns at risk of severe complications – such as stillbirth, newborn death, and babies born with congenital ...

Rates of congenital syphilis, when babies get the infection from their mothers during pregnancy, have increased 10-fold nationally in the last decade, according to CDC data, ...

The number of such cases in the state went from just two in 2014 to 45 in 2024, “a staggering 2,150% increase,” officials said.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Congenital syphilis testing has been recommended by medical professionals in the first and third trimester since 2014, but a new pilot program by the Louisiana Department ...

Babies can also get syphilis through exposure to mother’s blood during pregnancy. According to a report from the CDC, syphilis cases increased in the United States by nearly 80 percent to more than ...

Cases of congenital syphilis — an STI passed to a baby during pregnancy — increased by 1,450% in the state since 2019. Health officials say there were 31 cases of babies born with syphilis in ...

Despite the downswing overall, syphilis cases have continued to increase over the last 5 years. Data from 2024 so far shows more than a 1,400% increase from 2019, higher than the national average.