According to the World Health Organization, each year cervical cancer impacts approximately 600,000 women throughout the ...

If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...

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A shortage of benzathine penicillin G in Italy, as reported by the Italian Medicines Agency, highlights the relevance of recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The trial ...

THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with early syphilis, treatment with one dose of 2.4 million units of benzathine penicillin G is noninferior to treatment with three doses, ...

A single dose of penicillin works just as well to cure early syphilis as the three-injection regimen now used by many doctors, a new clinical trial says. Second and third doses of benzathine ...

A one-dose treatment plan could help with ongoing drug shortages and limit the development of antibiotic resistance THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A single dose of penicillin works just as ...

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that a single injection of the antibiotic benzathine penicillin G (BPG) successfully treated early syphilis just as well as the ...

Congenital syphilis has a seen a dramatic rise since 2019, CDC data shows. The New York State Department of Health (NYDOH) is warning about the risks of congenital syphilis after three infant deaths ...