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New syphilis screening strategy catches many more cases

UChicago Medicine
By offering optional syphilis tests to most patients in the emergency department (ED), researchers were able to dramatically increase...
4 months ago

Syphilis microbe circulated in the Americas thousands of years before European contact

Science | AAAS
Researchers use ancient DNA to show the outbreak probably originated in the Americas, moving thousands of kilometers in just a few years with the help of...
1 month ago

State Syndemic Approaches and Congenital Syphilis

National Governors Association
A syndemic refers to intersecting epidemics that are not only concurrent or sequential, but also have synergistic relationship, with overlapping or interactive...
4 months ago

April 2024 - Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis

Food and Drug Administration (.gov)
Treatment. Syphilis is curable with antibiotics. A single injection of long-acting Benzathine penicillin G can cure the early stages of syphilis...
5 months ago

NIH awards will support innovation in syphilis diagnostics

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)
(NIAID) has awarded grants for 10 projects to improve diagnostic tools for congenital and adult syphilis—conditions currently diagnosed with a...
4 months ago

Eliminating congenital syphilis: using evidence-based management in Brazil

World Health Organization (WHO)
The Western Region of the Brazilian Federal District has a 33 times higher rate of congenital syphilis than the WHO target.
1 month ago

2023 CDC data suggest the STI epidemic may be slowing

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the United States, however the latest data from CDC show signs the...
2 months ago

Updated recommendations for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum and new recommendations on syphilis testing and partner services

World Health Organization (WHO)
Updated recommendations for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum (syphilis) and new recommendations on...
6 months ago

Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance, 2023 | STI Statistics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
The most recent national data for reportable STIs: chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea.
2 months ago

Health Alert Template for Congenital Syphilis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
Adequate treatment of syphilis as soon as possible during pregnancy dramatically decreases the rate of congenital syphilis. Syphilis known to be...
9 months ago