A new antibiotic called gepotidacin may soon offer a better way to treat gonorrhea, especially as traditional treatments ...

A new oral antibiotic, gepotidacin, may treat gonorrhea. The gepotidacin FDA approval may help this drug reach those who need ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a ...

Cure rates were similar — 92.6% in the gepotidacin group and 91.2% in the group given ceftriaxone plus azithromycin. While 88 ...

A newly approved antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, gepotidacin, also may help fight drug-resistant gonorrhea, a ...

Only one reliable treatment for the sexually transmitted infection still exists, because the bacteria that cause it have become resistant to common therapies.

Gonorrhea is on the verge of incurability, with just one antibiotic that still reliably works against the sexually ...

Alaska is seeing a dangerous gonorrhea outbreak, while the CDC's STD lab and field staff have been cut. What happens to ...

Among women, untreated gonorrhea can cause an infection of the reproductive organs ... some participants with rectal and throat infections were evaluated. Of those with complete data, the 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 ...

In the U.S., rates of reported gonorrhea have increased 118% from 2009 to 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.