Antibiotic shortage could worsen syphilis epidemic

File this under ‘things you likely didn’t expect to hear in 2023’: Syphilis is raging and an expected penicillin shortage next year is likely to exacerbate the epidemic. Biopharmaceutical company...

Reversing devastating congenital syphilis trend is straightforward

It’s a relatively easy disease to prevent, but still it is on the rise in the United States. Congenital syphilis — that is, syphilis a mother passes to her baby during pregnancy — has serious...

Congenital syphilis on the rise in the U.S.

Babies born with syphilis are becoming increasingly common in the United States. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of children born with...