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.

The author of Huber the Tuber, a Story of Tuberculosis, had a new one on the bookstalls: Corky the Killer, a Story of Syphilis (American Social Hygiene Association; $1). The author (and illustrator) ...

That the arrival of Europeans in the New World in 1492 led to a massive shift in the ecological landscape and has been widely accepted for the past 50 years. Suddenly a trans-Atlantic exchange — maize ...

Only five years after syphilis had apparently been conquered in the U.S. and was rapidly declining elsewhere, “the great pox” is making an unexpected comeback. For the past two weeks agitated experts ...