The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized its guidance to establishments that screen human tissue and cell donors for various communicable diseases on screening for Treponema pallidum, ...

A new guidance document issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalizes an earlier draft set of recommendations on how blood and plasma collection centers can screen donors and samples ...

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 ...

Anyone having oral sex with somebody who has a sexually transmitted infection can contract the disease. Some, including syphilis, human papillomavirus (HPV), and herpes can cause symptoms in the mouth ...

Cases of syphilis, a sexually transmissible infection (STI) that can cause serious health problems if left untreated and poses a serious risk to unborn babies, are expected to rise in Hawke’s Bay with ...

Secondary syphilis is the second stage of untreated syphilis. A non-itchy rash, sore throat, fatigue, joint pain, fever, and wart-like patches are possible symptoms. If you don’t get treatment for the ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that develops in stages, and symptoms vary depending on the stage of the disease you have. There are four stages of syphilis: primary, secondary, ...

During its second stage, syphilis may lead to a rash on one or several parts of the body. It most commonly affects the trunk, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. The rash typically does not ...

Data are from the National Center for STD Control in Nanjing, China. Although syphilis infection may be asymptomatic and difficult to diagnose without widespread screening, the public health impact of ...