The outcomes of a syphilis infection during pregnancy can be tragic. Because of this, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is continuing to recommend early, universal syphilis screening during pregnancy.
The new guidance, a restatement of its 2018 recommendations, comes at a time when syphilis cases remain high in the United States. That also includes 3,882 cases of congenital syphilis in the United States in 2023, the highest number of cases in 30 years,