A sharp increase in gonorrhea cases has been observed among young women across 15 European countries in 2022 and 2023. Among young men, gonorrhea cases have increased at a relatively smaller magnitude ...

A pedestrian walks along Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 29, 2018 beneath a billoard from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) warning of a drug resistant Gonorrhea. - A billboard on ...

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 ...

In some cases, it can also infect the eyes. Gonorrhea often causes no symptoms in men or women, "but greater than 80% of women are asymptomatic," says Michael Shen, an internal medicine physician at ...

Chlamydia and gonorrhea were the two most common infectious diseases in 2007, hitting young women and minorities especially hard, the CDC announces in its annual report on sexually transmitted disease ...

(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, ...

According to a new report, women are under-tested for STDs and STIs because of a number of factors, including negligence from their doctors. According to a new report published by Quest Diagnostics, ...

Before I start my column, I'd like to remind everyone of a survey I'm conducting. I'm starting a research project to increase awareness of the LGBT community in the medical community. These surveys ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever testing kit for sexually transmitted infections that can be taken at home without a prescription. But it's not for everyone. The ...

For some women, bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is such a common occurrence that they find themselves regularly dealing with the vaginal infection—even after treatment. Part of the problem seems to be ...

Read before a meeting of the New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, at the Boston City Hospital, December 1, 1937. Burton C. Grodberg, M.D. Teaching fellow in obstetrics, Tufts College ...

I got one of the more unusual and interesting messages earlier this year: Can you help a friend out with a gonorrhea outbreak in her home? There was no way I was going to say no to that. After ...