Using a common antibiotic following sex can dramatically reduce a person's risk of some sexually transmitted infections, a ...

The Holistic Development of Visually Impaired Children (HODVIC), initiated by Vision International, a Dutch non-profit ...

But much of the damage was done: 128 of the subjects are estimated to have died from syphilis and related medical complications; wives and children of some of the men also got the disease.

Treponema pallidum, responsible for syphilis. Credit: NIAID / CC BY 2.0 In the spring of 1495, a deadly disease swept through Europe, leaving victims with severe physical and mental damage. The ...

Accusatory finger-pointing about the scourge, syphilis, began almost immediately. The Italians called it “the French disease”; the French called it “the Neapolitan disease”; the Russians ...

Syphilis was soon rampant across the Continent and beyond, but its origins continued to be fiercely debated, with some historians claiming it was actually home-grown. Now, scientists have carried ...

But there's evidence that 15th-century colonialists spread Syphilis worldwide. Syphilis and Christopher Columbus have more in common than you might think. Both touched down on new continents and ...

The simple act of being in someone else’s home is expanding their worldview. Many of this year’s best children’s books give a glimpse, in their own ways, into how other people live.

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have shared a rare photo of their children on their Christmas card this year. In one casual family photo, Harry and Meghan crouch down with their arms ...