Background: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is mainly induced by the sexually transmitted infection (STI). However, the global burden and trends of STI excluding human immunodeficiency virus ...

Rising antimicrobial resistance and administration challenges for standard therapy make new treatment options for gonorrhea a public health priority. In a randomized trial, investigational oral ...

Gonorrhea's antibiotic resistance is rising globally, with significant resistance to ceftriaxone, cefixime, and ciprofloxacin. WHO emphasizes integrating surveillance into national STI programs.

Covid-19 infections have been strongly linked with cardiovascular conditions like heart disease and stroke, but new research shows that other viral infections such as influenza, HIV, hepatitis C and ...

A new study from the CDC found that infection rates for a drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise, increasing nearly 70% between 2019 and 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the NDM ...

The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent years. Scientists say people receiving treatment in hospitals are at ...

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. When a hospitalized patient shows signs of a dangerous, potentially deadly infection, you’d expect ...

Fatal infections from "flesh-eating" bacteria Vibrio vulnificus are on the rise, with eight deaths and dozens more cases already this year, and experts warn that climate change is in part to blame.

Alaskan residents have been warned they may be at risk of developing a ‘rare but severe’ strain of gonorrhea amid a woman’s death at the hands of the sexually transmitted infection (STI). Officials ...

An Alaska woman has died from a severe complication of gonorrhea that is rare but has increased in frequency in the state, health officials reported. The woman, in her 50s, had disseminated gonococcal ...

An Alaska woman has died from a severe complication of gonorrhea that is rare but has increased in frequency in the state, health officials reported. The woman, in her 50s, had disseminated gonococcal ...

Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) is a rare but severe complication of untreated gonorrhea (GC). It occurs when the sexually transmitted pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae invades the bloodstream ...