Women now account for most new cases of syphilis in the N.W.T., says territory's top doctor

When the N.W.T. declared a syphilis outbreak in 2019, about 60 per cent of cases were in men. Last year, about 60 per cent of the new cases were among women. Dr. Kami Kandola Kandola also says about ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Syphilis Cases in the U.S. Are the Highest Since 1950

An image from an electron microscope of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that causes syphilis. In 2022, the number of reported cases of syphilis in the United States was the highest it has been since ...
The New York Times

Syphilis Is Soaring in the U.S.

Cases have risen by 80 percent since 2018, the C.D.C. reported. But chlamydia remains far more common. By Apoorva Mandavilli Syphilis, once nearly eliminated in the United States, continues to resurge ...
The New York Times

Infants Are Born With Syphilis in Growing Numbers, a Sign of a Wider Epidemic

Congenital syphilis has become more than ten times as common over the past decade, the C.D.C. reported. “The situation is dire,” said one expert. By Apoorva Mandavilli See more of our coverage in your ...