As congenital syphilis cases soar in the United States, some states are turning to rapid, point-of-care tests to catch ...

Relative to unexposed children, those with congenital syphilis were at a 6-fold increased risk for first hospitalization, and ...

Children born with syphilis are six times more likely to be admitted to hospital in their first five years of life compared to children not exposed to syphilis from their mother before birth, ...

Analysis of data on 8 million children in Brazil shows that syphilis exposure during pregnancy increases children's risk of ...

Congenital syphilis has declined in incidence due to ... When a TORCH test or screening is ordered on a newborn, it is suspected that that child has been exposed in utero to one of several ...

We would like to thank Xin Yu Yang and colleagues for their interest in our Clinical Picture1 and for highlighting the diagnostic challenges of congenital syphilis in their comments.

Congenital syphilis occurs when a baby is born with syphilis after the infection passes from mother to child during pregnancy. The condition can have devastating consequences – up to 40% of ...

Wisconsin health officials are calling a significant spike in congenital syphilis over the last several years "especially concerning." On Thursday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services ...

Paraguay’s Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a joint technical mission to strengthen the country’s response to HIV and tuberculosis, focusing on eliminating ...

Children born with congenital syphilis have a sixfold increased risk of hospitalization before age 5, and those exposed in utero but not diagnosed have double the risk compared to unexposed children.