Newborn syphilis cases at 'dire' levels as analysis shows tenfold increase in last decade: CDC Syphilis has been on the rise in recent years.

What is syphilis? Syphilis is an infection caused by bacteria. It also can be passed to a baby during pregnancy and childbirth and sometimes through breastfeeding. Syphilis crisis: An ...

"The congenital syphilis crisis in the United States has skyrocketed at a heartbreaking rate," said CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry in a news release.

Syphilis, unfortunately, has been increasing for a couple of decades here in the U.S. as largely gone unnoticed. It's increasing now and circulating among the cisgender heterosexual population.

The last decade has brought an alarming rise in the number of babies born in the U.S. with syphilis. New CDC data showed more than 3,700 babies born with the disease in 2022, about 10 times the ...

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Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during ...