This doesn t sound good. The Centers for Disease Control last week warned doctors to prepare for the arrival of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea from Asia, and avoid prescribing too many antibiotics for ...

COVID-19 has rightfully dominated infectious disease news since 2020. However, that doesn't mean other infectious diseases took a break. In fact, U.S. rates of infection by gonorrhea have risen during ...

Notorious infection monitors the environment and waits for its opportunity You know that package warning that oral birth control won’t prevent STIs? Well in the case of gonorrhea, the sexually ...

Doctors are alarmed over a new strain of gonorrhea — a common sexually transmitted infection — that is almost incurable. And gonorrhea rates continue to climb: The Centers for Disease Control and ...

England will start a vaccination program for gonorrhea, the first such program in the world, starting in August. The focus of the vaccination program will be men who have sex with men (MSM) with a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers analyzed data from the Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset STI Surveillance System, an English ...

No one wants to hear that they’ve contracted a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Having one can mean discomfort, inconvenience, potential embarrassment and often requires putting intimacy on hold ...

Gonorrhea is treated with antibiotics. The recommended antibiotic for uncomplicated gonorrhea in adults is ceftriaxone given as a single injection. In people with complications of gonorrhea or a known ...

DURHAM, N.C. – You know that package warning that oral birth control won’t prevent STIs? Well in the case of gonorrhea, the sexually transmitted bacterium that causes the disease can use those ...