Congenital syphilis is transmitted to fetuses by parents with the infection. In a Feb. 25 letter to Oregon providers, Dr. Pete Singson of the Oregon Health Authority wrote that just two babies were ...

In 2022, an astounding 207,255 cases of syphilis were reported in the U.S. Particularly alarming is the increase in children being born with syphilis. Congenital syphilis cases are increasing the ...

This means fewer people are getting tested for syphilis, including people who can spread it to partners or children during ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the earliest warning signs of the primary stage of syphilis appear as sores at ...

Of infants born to mothers with primary or secondary syphilis, up to 50% will be premature, stillborn, or die in the neonatal period; further, most of these children are born with congenital ...

“This is my memento mori: to Aunt Hazel; to her horses; to her bas­tard, bliss; to famous cases of syphilis.” Mary Todd Lin­coln prob­a­bly con­tracted syphilis from her hus­band. Nor­bert Hirschhorn ...

“Healthcare workers are required to report congenital syphilis cases within seven days, with additional surveillance through (rapid plasma reagin) RPR-positive results in children under two ...

Congenital syphilis can cause rashes, and abnormalities in bones shortly after birth. The infected children can develop symptoms such as inflammation of the eyes and hearing loss in a few years ...

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection ... The survey received responses from 1,346 medical institutions nationwide that deliver children. It found that 18 of 3,504 pregnant teens, or 0. ...