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 ...

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

Cases of congenital syphilis — an STI passed to a baby during pregnancy — increased by 1,450% in the state since 2019. Health officials say there were 31 cases of babies born with syphilis in ...

The number of primary and secondary syphilis cases in young women rose dramatically in the late 1980s and early 1990s, due to illicit drug use and the exchange of drugs for sex. Of infants born to ...

Congenital syphilis has declined in incidence due to ... or subclinical disease in the mother but devastating damage to the infant. Over the recent past, the organisms involved in this testing ...

“We have to protect our pregnant women. We have to protect our babies from having syphilis, it’s totally preventable," said Dr. Girois. Girois says in 2024, 35 newborns across Virginia were ...

The condition can have devastating consequences – up to 40% of babies with congenital syphilis may be stillborn or die from the infection. Survivors often face serious health problems including ...

In 2010, at age 23, Ayu Oktariani learned she was HIV positive. Not only did she lose her husband to AIDS, but during her ...