Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes infection in more than 1.5 million people every year in the United States. The infection is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a type ...

Commonly known as the "clap," gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility in both women and men if left untreated. The bad news is that cases are on the rise: According to ...

An important Phase 3 trial has shown that a new drug that targets gonorrhea works as well as the last existing antibiotic to treat the sexually transmitted infection, results that could lead to ...

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A new antibiotic, zoliflodacin, is as effective as the current standard of care. Its creation may hasten the arrival of other needed antibiotics. By Apoorva Mandavilli A new antibiotic, the first to ...

A new treatment for gonorrhea shows promise, which is welcome news with global rates of the sexually transmitted infection on the rise and antibiotic resistance becoming more prevalent. The oral ...

Alongside growing evidence of the domestic spread of such resistant strains in Europe over the past two years, this poses a ...

Public health officials says they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every kind of antibiotic available to treat them. It’s the first time strains of ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning about the presence of a “concerning” and “novel” gonorrhea strain that showed resistance to several types of antibiotics. State officials ...

No. Many people never develop symptoms, especially women. Up to 50% of women may not notice signs at all, which makes it easy to pass the infection unknowingly. When symptoms do appear, they usually ...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, as seen in this illustration, consist of a pair of cells, called diplococci, and have hair-like pili on their surfaces. They can cause the sexually transmitted ...