Soho bar serves up gonorrhoea vaccines in sexual health drive

Soho bar serves up gonorrhoea vaccines in sexual health drive

Getty Images The roll out of the “world-first” vaccination programme against gonorrhoea began last month Gonorrhoea vaccines and a new antibiotic treatment are being offered at a Soho bar as part of an effort to reduce rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The pop-up events, which are being hosted in G-A-Y Bar, aim to make … Read more

AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA

AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA

Getty Images Artificial intelligence has invented two new potential antibiotics that could kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA, researchers have revealed. The drugs were designed atom-by-atom by the AI and killed the superbugs in laboratory and animal tests. The two compounds still need years of refinement and clinical trials before they could be prescribed. But the … Read more

Syphilis and drug resistant gonorrhoea cases on the increase

Syphilis and drug resistant gonorrhoea cases on the increase

Dominic Hughes Health Correspondent Annabel Rackham Health Reporter Getty Images Cases of syphilis have risen in England, but gonorrhoea cases have gone down, new figures show New cases of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis have risen again in England, continuing a trend dating back to the early 2000s. While the overall number of people diagnosed … Read more

Gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England from August

Gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England from August

Andrew Rogers & James Gallagher BBC News BBC Campaigner Max says he will definitely be getting the new vaccine England will be the first country in the world to start vaccinating people against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea. It will not be available for everyone. The focus will mainly be on gay and bisexual men … Read more

Potential new antibiotic for treating gonorrhoea

Potential new antibiotic for treating gonorrhoea

Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Scientists believe they have found a new effective antibiotic for gonorrhoea, which could be one of the most promising in decades. Gepotidacin can treat and clear the sexually transmitted infection just as well as existing antibiotics and appears to be able to tackle some emerging drug-resistant … Read more

Gonorrhoea: Warning over antibiotic-resistant cases of STI

Gonorrhoea: Warning over antibiotic-resistant cases of STI

Getty Images Gonorrhoea is the second most common bacterial STI in the UK (chlamydia is the most common) The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is warning about a small but significant rise in cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea. Most cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) can be treated quickly, but there’s growing concern over strains … Read more

Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England

Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England

16 hours ago Aurelia Foster,Health reporter Getty Images The best way to avoid sexually transmitted infections was using a condom, the UK Health Security Agency said A record number of people in England were diagnosed with gonorrhoea last year, annual UK Health Security Agency figures show. Diagnoses rose 7.5% – from 79,268 in 2022 to … Read more