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Gonorrhea is the 2nd most common STI — here’s what you need to know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gonorrhea is on the rise in the U.S. (Photo: Getty Images) (Getty / Nadeen Nakib for Yahoo Life) Cases of gonorrhea are ...
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'Super gonorrhea' may increase in wake of COVID-19 — here’s why

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning about the potential rise in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea — also known as “super gonorrhea” — due to overuse of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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FDA approves first new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in decades, with hope to combat drug resistance

For the first time in decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection ...
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Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbug

(THE CONVERSATION)– 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 ...
The Hill

New antibiotic could treat drug-resistant gonorrhea: Study

A new class of antibiotic has been found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea in late-stage trials, according to a new study published Monday in The Lancet. The drug, called gepotidacin, ...
Medical Xpress

Gonorrhea and syphilis diagnoses are at their highest in decades—here's what you need to know about these STIs

The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that diagnoses of gonorrhea and syphilis have surged in the last year. Shockingly, gonorrhea rates are the highest they have been since records ...