KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho - The Panhandle Health District warns of a sudden spike of syphilis infections over the past three months. Between Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, and Shoshone counties, 81 ...
Syphilis, which the bacterium Treponema pallidum causes, is a form of sexually transmitted infection. There are four stages of syphilis. The infection can be serious or cause severe complications ...
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 ...
What's wrong with this picture: In the year 2,000, only 6,000 cases of syphilis were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But in 2016, 88,042 new cases of syphilis ...