Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts say that overuse of antibiotics has led to antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. (Getty Images) That’s concerning given that ...

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 ...

A new oral antibiotic drug currently in development appears to be effective at treating gonorrhea, an infection for which there is a critical need for new therapeutic options, a study published ...

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 ...

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 ...

A vaccine targeting gonorrhea will soon be rolled out on the NHS. This will make England and Wales the first two countries in the world to offer such a program. Gonorrhea is the second most common ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Resistance to antibiotics commonly used to treat gonorrhea has increased globally. Barriers for testing and ...

A team of researchers may have found a way to block gonorrhea infection by blocking bacterial pathogen from using zinc, an essential mineral found in many food sources. The researchers from Georgia ...

Gonococcal conjunctivitis (GC) is an eye infection caused by the bacterium responsible for gonorrhea. It can be transmitted from the person giving birth to the newborn during vaginal delivery or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two new FDA-approved antibiotics for gonorrhea demonstrated impressive cure rates in phase 3 trials. They are ...

Alaska has long had the distinction of having the nation’s highest or nearly highest rates of gonorrhea. Now there is another troublesome trend among those who contract the sexually transmitted ...