Between 2019 and 2024, syphilis infections in the Algoma region rocketed past provincial averages, climbing higher and higher ...

Ancient DNA from a Colombian hunter-gatherer reveals a 5,500-year-old infection, rewriting what we know about syphilis and ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from the Americas has yielded the oldest genetic evidence yet of a bacterium closely related to the ...

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

From a 5,500-year-old human shinbone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the disease has ancient roots in the ...

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

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New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available, a trend that experts hope will keep downward pressure on U.S. infection ...

A pioneering programme aimed at detecting undiagnosed sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is celebrating its second ...

At the heart of emotionally safe sex is enthusiastic, ongoing consent, according to Dr. De-Lin. “That means checking in ...

The FDA has authorized the first at-home testing kits for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis, along with new gonorrhea ...