NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained ...

What caused some of the STD trends to improve? Several experts say one contributor is the growing use of an antibiotic as a ...

Though the rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the U.S., the spread of syphilis appears to be ...

This year in South Dakota, of 649 documented cases of syphilis, 546 have been among Native Americans, who make up only 9 ...

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell, and chlamydia cases remained below ...

A new proven protocol in which doxycycline is used to prevent sexually transmitted infections — called doxyPEP — has been an ...

The CDC reports that syphilis diagnoses have decreased among gay and bisexual men, which may be due to increased use of ...

Syphilis rates are at their highest since the 1960s. Here’s why. Closeup view of condom packet in jeans pocket. After decades ...

Erie County's three-and-a-half year surge in syphilis cases is showing signs of easing. Only five cases of the sexually ...

Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota.

The number of primary and secondary syphilis cases in young women rose dramatically in the late 1980s and early 1990s, due to illicit drug use and the exchange of drugs for sex. Of infants born to ...

Early syphilis therapy was a focus of intense research in the early 20th century with many and varied approaches being used. The development of penicillin and its efficacy in the treatment of ...