Syphilis

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth consecutive year. More than 1.7 million cases of chlamydia (kluh-MID’-ee-uh) were reported last year. The infection rate rose 3 percent from 2017. It’s the most ever reported in a year, though the trend is mainly attributed to increased testing. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. babies born infected with syphilis has reached the highest level in 20 years. It is still rare for babies to get syphilis from their infected mothers, but figures released Tuesday show more than 900 cases were reported last year. That’s more than double the number in 2013. […]

The lawsuits being filed in the porn industry because of Mr. Marcus’ 2012′s syphilis scare are still coming out of the woodwork. An adult actress…

A Los Angeles-based porn star says he regrets hiding his test positive test results for syphilis from a producer. An STD scare recently shut down the porn industry temporarily so that the actors could be tested. You may not have plans to star in a professional, amateur, for that matter, porn film, but knowing your […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four more cases of syphilis have been found in an investigation of an outbreak among porn performers, bringing the total to nine, and the discovery of more cases is likely, Los Angeles County's top health official said Tuesday. Five cases were reported last week, causing a trade group for the multi-billion […]