FILE - 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 ...

Syphilis was close to being eradicated in the U.S. in the 1990s. But in the decades since funding for prevention and treatment has stagnated, and the number of cases has risen steadily.

Total syphilis cases increased 16.9%, as the rate of reported cases rose from 53.2 per 100,000 in 2021 to 62.2 per 100,000 in 2022. Especially alarming: Congenital syphilis, ...

Syphilis rates in America right now are the highest they've been since the '60s—and these cities have the highest rates. Story by Jennifer Huizen, Data Work By Wade Zhou • 5mo.

Syphilis cases continue to surge in U.S., CDC says 03:47. Nearly a quarter of syphilis cases in the U.S. were being diagnosed in women in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Syphilis cases skyrocketed in the U.S. as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's STD prevention budget dropped, data shows. In 2003, the budget was around $169 million and there were ...

Syphilis is a particular concern. For centuries, it was a common but feared infection that could deform the body and end in death. New cases plummeted in the U.S. starting in the 1940s when ...

The number of syphilis cases in the U.S has been climbing. In 2021, the CDC reported there were 176,713 cases, a 74% increase since 2017.

Syphilis has been on the rise in recent years. The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022 ...

A new CDC report found showed more than 3,700 babies were born with syphilis in 2022. That’s more than ten times the number of cases in 2012.

Syphilis cases reached a six-year high in Hamilton County in 2023, according to an April report from the public health department.. At 582 cases, the total represents an 80% increase since 2018 ...