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.

Health officials said congenital syphilis cases have more than tripled in Illinois since 2020, with 103 cases confirmed in 2023 compared to just 29 in 2020.

With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group now recommends that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection.

The number of newborns born with syphilis – a serious sexually transmitted infection – has skyrocketed 755% from 2012 to 2021. These babies have congenital syphilis, which is when the ...

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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.

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 ...

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends pregnant women get tested for syphilis three times in pregnancy to prevent spreading to the baby.

This is called congenital syphilis and it’s a problem that experts are keen to highlight, with cases having increased by 937 percent over the course of a decade.

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 ...

Texas accounted for the largest share of cases, 680, and tied Mississippi for the fourth-highest rate of congenital syphilis in the nation with 182 cases per 100,000 live births.

New syphilis infections rose from 1,845 in 2019 to 2,905 in 2022, accounting for a 57% increase. In 2019, cases among women totaled 295. In 2022, cases jumped to 674.