The LETS Program is facing rising STI numbers head-on — with a push for education, access to testing and conversations that ...
The rise in syphilis cases can be partially attributed to a lack of sexual education, one expert says. (Getty Creative) Soon you will be able to test for syphilis at home, thanks to a ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An opt-out screening program significantly increased the testing rate of patients for syphilis, leading to more ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For the second year in a row, the CDC’s annual STI report showed an overall decline in combined cases of the ...
The Preg-OUT program shows how implementing Syphilis Health Check with an opt-out model can meaningfully boost syphilis screening rates in emergency departments, providing a critical tool in the fight ...
Chicago's new Syphilis Elimination Plan, released earlier this month, hopes to address an alarming increase here in congenital syphilis cases. Chicago’s 2023 chlamydia rate was twice the national rate ...
A single dose of penicillin works just as well to cure early syphilis as the three-injection regimen now used by many doctors, a new clinical trial says. Second and third doses of benzathine ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Health is starting a new program to help prevent congenital syphilis, which happens when a pregnant woman passes syphilis, a sexually ...