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Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

According to the agency, the primary transmission route for sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and genital herpes is unsafe sexual behavior, particularly unprotected sex ...

While HIV/AIDS cases have fallen since last year, syphilis infections rose 2 percent, with cases among those aged 15 to 14 rising 8 percent, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. Newly ...

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Health Department has launched a unified communications campaign with Nuevo Laredo to ...

Sex is an evolutionary drive, and bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens take advantage of this route to find new human hosts. Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and the weeks that follow are busy ...

Researchers have recovered ancient DNA containing bacteria related to syphilis — potentially pushing the known history of the disease back by more than 3,000 years, according to their study. The ...

When King Charles VIII of France occupied Naples in 1495, his army of nearly 20,000 mercenaries became the ground zero of the “Great Pox,” the first massive venereal syphilis pandemic in Europe, which ...

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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 ...