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 ...

Syphilis during pregnancy can cause tragic outcomes. Please remember that the best way to protect our Illinois babies is for pregnant persons to get tested and treated for sexually transmitted ...

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 ...

This year, Pennsylvania has seen 12 cases of congenital syphilis, which is passed on to babies from their mothers. The figure, which doesn’t include Philadelphia, is the highest since 1990.

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 ...

“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 ...

It said 3,761 babies were recorded as being born with syphilis in 2022, which was more than 10 times the number in 2012 and follows rising syphilis cases among women of reproductive age ...