COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Central Ohio health officials are warning of an increase in syphilis cases, a trend mirroring a rise of infections nationwide. Columbus Public Health is raising awareness about ...

Skeletons don't lie. But sometimes they may mislead, as in the case of bones that reputedly showed evidence of syphilis in Europe and other parts of the Old World before Christopher Columbus made his ...

Skeletons unearthed in a cemetery may have cleared Christopher Columbus as the original transatlantic vector of syphilis. It's been popularly theorized among experts in tropical diseases that the ...

Researchers have found ancient DNA belonging to the syphilis pathogen in 2,000-year-old human bones unearthed in Brazil. It marked the discovery of the earliest known genomic evidence of Treponema ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 19th-century illustration shows Christopher Columbus presenting captives to the King of Spain after his return - MomentRF When a ...

The 18th-century philosopher Voltaire may have been right after all in blaming Christopher Columbus for the syphilis pandemic that ravaged Europe from the late 15th century, a study suggested on ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-held theory has it that Christopher Columbus and his crew returned to Europe in 1493 from their trip to the Americas bringing syphilis with them, and research reported in ...

Skeletal evidence that reputedly showed signs of syphilis in Europe and other parts of the Old World before Christopher Columbus made his voyage in 1492 does not hold up when subjected to standardized ...