Antiviral drugs can help shorten or prevent such attacks. Syphilis is a curable bacterial STI caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum that accounted for roughly 209,000 new cases in 2023. Syphilis ...

A surge in sexually transmitted infections has killed 10 babies in Victoria, triggering an overhaul of syphilis screenings for pregnant women. Health authorities are now recommending all women get ...

An STI may be an old infection that wasn't fully cleared when it was first treated. One example is syphilis, a common STI that occurs in four distinct stages: primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary ...

Figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), reveal an increase in three out of five sexually transmitted diseases . According to reports, 31 syphilis cases were ...