Researchers identify key geographic and health factors that may predict the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea in the United States.

Meaning, the bacteria are no longer killed by a drug that used to kill them before, and the bacteria are then free to keep multiplying, according to recent reports released by the CDC. “The gonorrhea ...

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium. It is one of the most common STIs in the United States, causing 1.6 million new cases in 2018.

According to the paper, a mutant form of an immune receptor, found in roughly one fifth of people, helps the immune system detect Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria responsible for the sexually ...

Female infertility: Gonorrhea is a leading cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) caused by the spread of infection into ...

"Getting tested for STIs on a regular basis is an important action that all New Yorkers can take to optimize their health," health officer Wendy Wilcox said.

Gonorrhea is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) after chlamydia. In 2020, the WHO said there were 129 million new chlamydia infections in the world, followed by ...

It is warning that if you contract gonorrhea, it is now much harder to treat and in some cases impossible. The sexually transmitted infection is rapidly developing resistance to antibiotics.

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