"Snowmanning" is coming back, and doctors warn that the viral dating trend can bring unwanted STIs your way this holiday season.

New genomic research has confirmed that syphilis, a disease that ravaged Europe shortly after the return of Christopher ...

In the spring of 1495, a mysterious illness broke out, interrupting the Italian campaign of Charles VIII of France. The […] ...

Oh dear. It looks like, contrary to received wisdom, it wasn’t the Europeans who brought syphilis to the Americas, but the ...

Paleogenomics has finally solved a question that has puzzled researchers for decades: Where did syphilis come from?

Sexually transmitted infections are typically found on the genitals or mouth, but doctors are now warning that the eyes could ...

Sexually transmitted infections — which affect one in five Americans — are most commonly found on the genitals, anus and ...

This documented epidemic is now interpreted to be the first historical account of syphilis. The origin of syphilis is the subject of a decades-long debate. The late 15th century outbreak occurred ...

In spring 1495, the Italian campaign of Charles VIII of France was interrupted by an intense outbreak of an apparently ...

New research on ancient DNA traces syphilis origins to the Americas, shedding light on the 15th-century outbreak in Europe.

When a mysterious flesh-rotting disease broke out in Europe in 1495, two years after Christopher Columbus returned from the ...