gonorrhea

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One of the biggest challenges in treating gonorrhea is antibiotic resistance.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

In one study, each $1 increase in per capita federal STI and HIV prevention funding was associated with a 21% decrease in gonorrhea.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

The most powerful defense combines a shot of ceftriaxone with azithromycin, but some evidence hints that gonorrhea is evolving to sidestep even that treatment.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Between 2020 and 2021, the number of syphilis cases rose by 32 percent, while chlamydia and gonorrhea each rose by around 4 percent.

From Scientific American • Oct. 6, 2023

Syphilis is much more chronic than gonorrhea and commences with a small sore indurated at its base and called the hard chancre.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste