Gonorrhea is on the rise in the U.S. (Photo: Getty Images) Cases of gonorrhea are skyrocketing in the U.S. after hitting a historic low in 2009. In 2020 (the most recent year data is available), more ...

As drug-resistant gonorrhea rapidly spreads around the world, one team of researchers may have a strategy to combat it, according to a new study. Gonorrhea is becoming a superbug, meaning the drugs ...

Gonorrhea has taken many forms over the last few decades. The strain that people acquire today isn’t the same one that previous generations had to deal with. In fact, it might not be the same strain ...

Notorious infection monitors the environment and waits for its opportunity You know that package warning that oral birth control won’t prevent STIs? Well in the case of gonorrhea, the sexually ...

Doctors are alarmed over a new strain of gonorrhea — a common sexually transmitted infection — that is almost incurable. And gonorrhea rates continue to climb: The Centers for Disease Control and ...

The bacteria that causes the clap is growing resistant to available treatments. July 11,2011— -- Scientists have discovered a new strain of gonorrhea-causing bacteria in Japan that is resistant ...

No one wants to hear that they’ve contracted a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Having one can mean discomfort, inconvenience, potential embarrassment and often requires putting intimacy on hold ...

Gonorrhea cases are rising at an alarming pace across the western United States, even while declining in the rest of the country, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported ...