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2022 Saw More Than 2.5 Million Cases of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis

Concerns center around syphilis and congenital syphilis, which increased 17.0 and 30.6 percent in one year

First OTC Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Approved by the FDA

Approval establishes a new device classification, meaning other similar home tests could potentially have an easier approval process in the future

New Antibiotic Tackles Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea in Trial

Zoliflodacin was seen to cure uncomplicated gonorrhea infection as effectively as the current go-to treatment

2021 Syphilis Rates Increased by Nearly One-Third in the United States

More than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in 2021

Two Cases of New Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Strain Reported in Massachusetts

The two cases do not appear to have a direct connection to each other

USPSTF Urges Screening Young Women for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea

All sexually active women aged 24 years and younger should be screened as well as women older than 25 at high risk

Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study

Single-Drug Regimen Now Advised for Uncomplicated Gonorrhea

Single 500-mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone recommended for uncomplicated urogenital, anorectal, pharyngeal gonorrhea

There has been an age shift in positivity for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among women

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Rates Up Among Young Women in the U.S.

More women ages 18 to 30 are testing positive for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
For patients with gonorrhea

Serine 91 Genotype of gyrA Gonorrhea Successfully Treated With Ciprofloxacin

Efficacy of single-dose oral ciprofloxacin treatment in the per-protocol population was 100 percent
From 2016 to 2018

CDC: Rates of STIs Up From 2016 to 2018 Among Women Giving Birth

Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis increased 2, 16, and 34 percent, respectively