For the first time in decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the type of bacteria that causes gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection. - Center for Disease ...

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 ...

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 ...

Higher treatment rates were seen for females, individuals aged 10 to 29 years, suburban dwellers, and patients with chlamydia-gonorrhea coinfection. HealthDay News — Across primary care practices, ...

Public health officials says they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every kind of antibiotic available to treat them. It's the first time strains of ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on track ...