gonorrhea

Looking for a Vaccine Against Gonorrhea

Progress continues toward understanding how Bexsero (GlaxoSmithKline), might also offer protection against ...

JUNE 11, 2025

Data Suggest STI Epidemic Might Be Slowing

Although the numbers are still high—2.4 million reported in one year, the number of new STIs appears to be ...

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Finding Resistant N. gonorrhoeae Faster

As rates of resistant gonorrhea continue to increase, better surveillance methods are needed.

JUNE 19, 2024

Population-Specific Study Designs Needed for Gonorrhea Prevention

Pivotal studies of some STI-prevention interventions have excluded cisgender women or demonstrated low efficacy ...

JANUARY 4, 2024

Researchers Use AI to Identify Potential Gonorrhea Vaccine Proteins

Using artificial intelligence, an international collaboration between academic and commercial researchers reported ...

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

STI PEP Seeks to Mirror HIV Success

The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapies in the late 1980s and PrEP in 2012 changed the ...

MARCH 23, 2023

Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Strain Detected in Massachusetts, Raising Resistance Concerns

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has detected a novel strain of gonorrhea in a Massachusetts resident ...

JANUARY 20, 2023

STDs Increase During the Pandemic

Lack of testing and treatment were hallmarks of STD care during the pandemic.

APRIL 13, 2022

New Tests Cleared for Infectious Disease Detection

Several new tests were cleared to diagnose STDS, joint replacement infections and Zika virus.

MAY 29, 2019

Protecting Our Borders: Keeping Super Gonorrhea Out

Super gonorrhea has been reported in other countries, and public health and clinicians will have to work together ...

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

At More than 2 Million, CDC Reports Record High Rates of STDs in U.S.

There were 1.6 million new cases of chlamydia, 470,000 cases of gonorrhea and almost 28,000 cases of primary and ...

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Untreatable Gonorrhea Superbug Spreading Around Globe

WHO: Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhea much harder, and sometimes ...

JULY 10, 2017

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