A new class of antibiotic has been found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea in late-stage trials, according to a new study published Monday in The Lancet. The drug, called gepotidacin, ...

A pill developed by GSK was found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea. It could be the first new type of ...

which occur when strains of gonorrhea are resistant to currently used antibiotics. The gonorrhea infections were cured among 92.6% of the study participants who were administered gepotidacin ...

Gepotidacin, an antibiotic currently used to treat urinary tract infections, could be a new treatment to treat gonorrhea, ...

Only one reliable treatment for the sexually transmitted infection still exists, because the bacteria that cause it have become resistant to common therapies.

A new treatment option is important, experts say, because bacteria that commonly cause STIs are increasingly becoming resistant to the standard antibiotics, making treatment more difficult. There are ...

"What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares.

Gonorrhea is on the verge of incurability, with just one antibiotic that still reliably works against the sexually ...

A new antibiotic called gepotidacin may soon offer a better way to treat gonorrhea, especially as traditional treatments ...