A faint syphilis rash, typically on your torso or your hands and feet, is a common sign of this treatable sexually transmitted infection (STI). It occurs during the secondary stage of syphilis, ...

Syphilis cases have been rising at an alarming rate in the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As concerns for syphilis and sexually ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MDMedically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD What syphilis looks like depends on which of the four stages is involved. In the primary stage, small chancre sores appear. A ...

Ebor, Ph.D., M.S.W., is an assistant professor of social work at San Diego State University and lives in Agoura Hills. Sutton, M.D., is a board-certified obstetrician gynecologist, medical ...

If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...

Detroit — Back from the brink of eradication, syphilis is spiking in Michigan, prompting alarm within the medical community. Mirroring national patterns, the number of syphilis cases doubled in ...

File photo: This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema ...