Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rise in syphilis cases can be partially attributed to a lack of sexual education, one expert says. (Getty Creative) (jarun011 ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first at-home syphilis test amid surging cases of the bacterial infection and calls from federal health officials for innovative strategies to ...

CDC data from 2021 show the lifetime cost of treating syphilis to be $1190. There are 4 types of syphilis: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, latent syphilis, and congenital syphilis ...

On August 16 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the sale of the first over-the-counter at-home test for syphilis in an effort to contain a national surge in the sexually transmitted ...

In a busy clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, a clinician performs a rapid syphilis test on a pregnant woman. Within 15 minutes, the results are in — she is infected — and treatment can begin immediately.