NewsDesk @bactiman63 Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reported an additional 207 syphilis cases across the country through the end of August, bringing the total since the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Expanded screening and treatment is needed to address the increasing rate of syphilis cases in women and newborns in Hawai‘i, according to the Department of Health. The continuing...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Houston health officials are reporting a syphilis outbreak responsible for a 128 percent increase in cases among women and a nine-fold rise in congenital syphilis in Houston and...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can affect men, women and babies in pregnant women, according to epidemiological data from the Metropolitan Health Region, maternal...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), more sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were reported in 2022 as compared to 2021. Of all STIs,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Syphilis Japan is seeing the record spread of syphilis this year, reporting a some 20 percent increase from 2022. In a follow-up on the situation, Nationally through June 7, National...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in the United Kingdom report record levels of gonorrhea and syphilis diagnoses in 2022, prompting the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to remind the public that...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Syphilis The Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reports 5,164 total syphilis cases through May 17. This compares to 3,630 cases during the same period last year. Tokyo...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) reported this week that in 2022, 13 cases of Congenital Syphilis (exclusive of Philadelphia), which is the highest number reported in Pennsylvania...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Indonesian health officials report a 75 percent increase in syphilis cases since 2016. According to a health ministry spokesperson, there were 12,000 cases of syphilis in 2016. The...