The US has recently added 53 more measles cases to its groewing total, largely fueled by outbreaks in 3 states, though 44 ...

People have always been inclined to join mobs – most people have at least one story to tell about a time that they got swept up in or had to face a crowd demanding justice for one thing or another ...

In the last days of the 1400s, a terrible epidemic swept through Europe. Men and women spiked sudden fevers. Their joints ached, and they broke out in rashes that ripened into bursting boils. Ulcers ...

Syphilis is a bacterial infection. It’s also a common type of sexually transmitted infection (STI). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 115,000 new cases of ...

Far from the devastating scourge it once was, syphilis is now relatively uncommon in most of the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control, most cases of the disease — which affected ...

The rise in syphilis cases can be partially attributed to a lack of sexual education, one expert says. (Getty Creative) Soon you will be able to test for syphilis at home, thanks to a ...

In June 1495, the Italian historian Niccolo Squillaci wrote a letter describing a horrific disease that was sweeping through Europe. “There are itching sensations, and an unpleasant pain in the joints ...

People living on the coast of Brazil thousands of years ago carried the bacterium Treponema pallidum endemicum, a close relative of the microbe behind venereal syphilis, cutting-edge DNA research has ...

An isolated burial site in far eastern Tennessee that was excavated in the 1970s has recently been reexamined by archaeologists interested in the origin and evolution of treponemal diseases, including ...

In a 1530 epic poem, Italian physician and poet Hieronymus Fracastorius coined 'Syphilis' as the name of his poem's protagonist, a shepherd afflicted with the dreaded disease. Medical historian Dr.

SAN FRANCISCO -- An interval of 9 days between antibiotic doses for treating syphilis during pregnancy was less effective in preventing congenital syphilis than ensuring all intervals were 6-8 days, ...