As congenital syphilis cases surge, state mandates may not be enough to keep detection rat ...

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 ...

“Opt-out screening will be an important strategy in the effort to address the syphilis epidemic,” the authors write. HealthDay News — Implementation of opt-out emergency department syphilis screening ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A universal syphilis screening program implemented in an ED successfully identified cases that would have ...

Despite a 127% increase in screenings of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the emergency department (ED) from 2020 to 2024, only 9.9% of patients were screened for syphilis, according to a ...

TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for syphilis during pregnancy. This recommendation forms the basis of a final ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Using only targeted models of syphilis screening in the emergency department (ED) would miss large proportions of active syphilis cases as well as new HIV diagnoses and acute HIV ...

An emergency department (ED) opt-out testing strategy led to big increases in syphilis screening and diagnosis in the Chicago area, according to the results of a new study. Newly diagnosed cases were ...

The USPSTF concludes with high certainty that screening asymptomatic pregnant persons for syphilis infection has a substantial net benefit. (HealthDay News) — The US Preventive Services Task Force ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Few pregnant women are fully screened for syphilis in accordance with current guidelines, hints a review of records of roughly 1,900 women from four hospitals in Miami-Dade ...

The Minnesota Department of Health reports a currently ongoing syphilis outbreak in Duluth and more than 1,800 new infections statewide in 2022, not including congenital cases. Syphilis can be ...