Lawmakers advanced a proposal Monday designed to expand syphilis blood testing for expectant mothers to stem a rising tide of ...

Sexually transmitted diseases continued to rise in Minnesota in 2018, according to a report by the Minnesota Department of Health. Ten reports of congenital syphilis cases, an increase from two in ...

A particular concern with the increase among women is that they can transmit the infection to their unborn babies, who can develop congenital syphilis. That also has increased. Douglas County had ...

"People will get sick. And, especially in cases like congenital syphilis where you cannot lose a day to treat, babies will die," said Harvey. Some changes were minor and kept webpages online ...

In our clinic, quantitative serologic tests are taken routinely on all patients with early syphilis, but these have proved to be of the greatest value in the cases with negative dark-field lesions ...

A house under construction in the Cedar Hills neighborhood in Lakeville, Minn., on Dec. 26, 2024. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

These are the guidelines for treating congenital syphilis, for preventing HIV from spreading, and for keeping regular people healthy every time they go to the doctor. People will get sick.

The 2024 statistics aren’t finalized yet, but it appears about 60 babies had congenital syphilis, which means they got the infection during pregnancy or at birth. The number of cases had ...

Bloomington, for one, is saving $1 million with a school repurposing that also helps build enrollment in the long run. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...