The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted marketing authorization for the first at-home syphilis test. The over-the-counter First To Know Syphilis Test, made by NOWDiagnostics in Arkansas, ...

As a physician and former public health official, I have never been more concerned about those rates of congenital syphilis,” ...

Self-testing for syphilis could reduce the sexually transmissible infection's global impact, a Monash University-led study has found. Syphilis continues to be a major health issue, with an estimated 7 ...

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the first at-home, OTC test to detect syphilis — a much-needed diagnostic tool for an infectious disease that has experienced a spike in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for urgent physician action after nearly 3800 infants were born with syphilis in 2022, a more than 10-fold increase from 2012. That action ...

Providing optional syphilis tests to most people seeking care at a large emergency department led to a dramatic increase in syphilis screening and diagnosis, according to a study of nearly 300,000 ...

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 United States has a shortage of the only first-line medication recommended for pregnant women with syphilis to prevent ...

Forty-two babies in Australia died from congenital syphilis between 2011 and 2025, with the outbreak driving health workers ...