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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gepotidacin could become the first new gonorrhea treatment since the 1990s. In an international study of more than 600 people, ...

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 ...

Gepotidacin, an antibiotic currently used to treat urinary tract infections, could be a new treatment to treat gonorrhea, protecting against the threat of treatment-resistant gonorrhea and improving ...

An important Phase 3 trial has shown that a new drug that targets gonorrhea works as well as the last existing antibiotic to treat the sexually transmitted infection, results that could lead to ...

Commonly known as the "clap," gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility in both women and men if left untreated. The bad news is that cases are on the rise: According to ...

ATLANTA – The spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change the nationwide guidelines for treating that infection. The announcement ...

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 ...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Updated guidelines no longer recommended cephalosporins as first-line therapy. HealthDay News — Oral cefixime (Suprax) should no longer be considered the treatment of choice for ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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, ...