The Tokyo metropolitan government is responding to a surge in syphilis cases by making it easier to get tested. From September, women can take a syphilis test at the Tokyo Metropolitan Testing and ...

A free syphilis testing site that was open in March 2023 in response to a sharp increase in infections is seen in this photo provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. TOKYO -- Syphilis, a ...

A study on point-of-care testing has shown how Syphilis Health Check™ could help significantly improve syphilis screening rates among pregnant patients with limited ...

Cornelis A. Rietmeijer, More Mungati, Peter H. Kilmarx, Beth Tippett Barr, Elizabeth Gonese, Ranmini S. Kularatne, David A. Lewis, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Luanne Rodgers and H. Hunter Handsfield ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers developed an artificial intelligence tool that can accurately determine whether a person is at ...

Electron micrograph imagery of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis, including a foreground close-up of a single particle (right). Spiral-shaped bacteria are colorized in gold. The ...

Health officials are teaming up to make syphilis testing more accessible to people living in central Alberta as the province grapples with a worsening years-long outbreak of the serious sexually ...

Oct. 19—Back when Dr. Jaleh Akhavan was in her residency about five years ago, syphilis was considered a rare sight in a expectant mother. No longer. "Now I probably see it maybe one to two times a ...

The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded grants for 10 projects to improve diagnostic tools for congenital and adult ...