Although standard treatment still works, the new bug, never before seen in the US, shows signs of developing resistance to the recommended drugs. Massachusetts health officials have detected a strain ...

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 ...

No. Many people never develop symptoms, especially women. Up to 50% of women may not notice signs at all, which makes it easy to pass the infection unknowingly. When symptoms do appear, they usually ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea risks becoming a drug-resistant "superbug" if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.

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 ...

Gonococcal arthritis refers to inflammation in a joint as a result of a gonorrhea infection. Symptoms may occur when the bacteria spread through the blood and into the affected joints. It is one of ...