Social media is going crazy amid speculation former President Donald J. Trump has syphilis. Democratic political consultant James Carville suggested the presidential candidate is suffering from ...

Electron micrograph imagery of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis, including a foreground close-up of a single particle (right). Spiral-shaped bacteria are colorized in gold. The ...

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The first historical account of syphilis dates to spring 1495, when a seemingly mysterious disease ravaged the soldiers in King Charles VIII of France’s Italian campaign, then propagated throughout ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria and has four stages. Early diagnosis and antibiotic ...