Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gonorrhea is on the rise in the U.S. (Photo: Getty Images) (Getty / Nadeen Nakib for Yahoo Life) Cases of gonorrhea are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts say that overuse of antibiotics has led to antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. (Getty Images) (Altayb via Getty Images) That's ...

The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that diagnoses of gonorrhea and syphilis have surged in the last year. Shockingly, gonorrhea rates are the highest they have been since records ...

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 ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced on Thursday two cases of a novel strain of gonorrhea—one which is resistant to five classes of antibiotic treatment, and which health officials ...

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You never want to see the words "gonorrhea" and "super" in the same sentence, such as "super, you have gonorrhea" or "gonorrhea is super." However, "super" gonorrhea is becoming an increasing reality ...

A vaccine against meningitis has an unexpected side effect: It appears to target gonorrhea, too. If confirmed, the results represent the first instance of a vaccine reducing gonorrhea infections. “We ...

COVID-19 has rightfully dominated infectious disease news since 2020. However, that doesn't mean other infectious diseases took a break. In fact, U.S. rates of infection by gonorrhea have risen during ...

As gonorrhea rates continue to climb in Canada, health officials are warning the infection is also becoming more resistant to antibiotics, which could lead to the possibility of the sexually ...

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People like to make jokes about gonorrhea. Maybe it's because this sexually transmitted disease is known as "the clap" (perhaps a reference to the French term "clapier," meaning brothel, or to an ...