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Possible Vaccine for Gonorrhea Super-Bug

May 29, 2018 Kristy Leker

  In late March 2018, a patient in the United Kingdom came down with the first known case of a strain of gonorrhea resistant to

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The Threat of Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea

May 24, 2018 Natalia Ciesielska

  Gonorrhea is the second most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world [3]. It is usually easy to treat; however, its recent

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Sexually Transmitted Infections Reach All Time High in the US

November 11, 2016 Jackie Sheridan

  On October 19th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an annual report stating that the United States reported a record number

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Sex and the Superbug: Meet Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea

May 29, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Here’s a tidbit you probably didn’t know: Gonorrhea is the second-most frequently reported “notifiable” disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (That means

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Unusually High Rates of Gonorrhea Hit Maine

December 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

The CDC in Maine has recorded 370 cases of gonorrhea in the first ten months of this year, an unusually high number. Last year, the

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Human vs. Microbe: Looming Resistance in Gonorrhea

February 9, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

According to The Bay Area Reporter and to preliminary data from the Department of Public Health’s STD Prevention and Control Section, cases of gonorrhea in

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Potential for untreatable gonorrhea?

October 12, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

This Monday, 10 Oct. 2011, doctors from the United Kingdom reported that gonorrhea has developed an increased resistance to the antibiotic currently used to treat

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Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea Detected

July 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A new gonorrhea “superbug” has hit Japan. This new strain, named H041, is reportedly resistant to all existing antibiotics.  Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease, is

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