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STD leaders this week called on the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency over congenital syphilis and dedicate $1 billion to addressing sexually transmitted infections in the United States.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will bid farewell this year to a couple of longtime presenters.

Cases of congenital syphilis increased more than 10-fold between 2012 and 2022, the CDC reported Tuesday in another warning about the worsening epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the United States.

The number of adolescents with a prescription for HIV prevention medication increased by more than 75% during the first 3-plus years the medicine was available to them, according study findings published in Pediatrics.

BOSTON — A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is effective against early syphilis regardless of HIV status, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

WASHINGTON — The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday named Anthony S. Fauci, MD, FAAP, an honorary fellow for what it called his “decades of distinguished leadership, dedication, wisdom and service to children and families.”

Infant hospitalization for congenital syphilis increased 10-fold from 2016 to 2022 in Mississippi, from 10 cases per year to 110 cases per year, according to an analysis of hospital discharge data.

Roughly one-third of men globally have at least one type of genital HPV and one in five are infected with at least one high-risk HPV type, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

One dose of the 9-valent HPV vaccine generated a sustained immune response against two prominent cancer-causing types of the virus for up to 2 years, according study findings published in Pediatrics.

Last month, Pfizer announced that it was facing a “limited supply and impending stock out” for two of its injectable penicillin products, in part because of a surge in syphilis infections.