This is a color-enhanced transmission electron micrograph image of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. People like to make jokes about gonorrhea. Maybe it's because this ...

Health authorities in England on Wednesday announced the rollout of a world first vaccine program for gonorrhea, amid record levels of the sexually transmitted disease. Gonorrhea cases in England in ...

Sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is on the rise in the U.K., government officials have warned. More than 82,500 cases were diagnosed last year — a record number and a rise of more than 50% on ...

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 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 ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Key Takeaways Bacterial STIs like gonorrhea and chlamydia can be cured with ...

NEW YORK — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday. The numbers ...

FDA Approves Two New Antibiotics to Treat Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea MONDAY, Dec. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors now have new tools to fight gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection that ...

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 ...

Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

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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 ...