When doctors first announced (in 1943) that penicillin would remove all signs of early syphilis in eight days, many a layman concluded that penicillin was a sure syphilis cure. But syphilologists, ...

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study that found women giving birth in the U.S. are three times more likely to have syphilis today than they were approximately ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium. The long-reported increase in congenital syphilis is "completely preventable ... It’s unacceptable,” on physician said.

Christopher Columbus : the first European syphilitic? -- The revenge of the Americas -- A brief history of the spirochete -- Shedding light on the poison of the darkness -- From poisonous cures to ...