NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted clinical laboratory staff and health care providers that false reactivity, or “false-positive”,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New Mexico state health officials issued a Public Health Order Friday concerning syphilis testing of pregnant women in light of an increase in congenital syphilis...

New York City health officials reported an 186 percent increase in congenital syphilis cases from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, seven cases were reported, while preliminary data show 20 congenital syphilis...

The Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test is one of the available screening tests for syphilis. The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) is another available screening test. In the RPR, the laboratory...