The new study reveals a recent decline in syphilis incidence from its peak in 2022, a trend more pronounced among traditionally higher-burden groups including men, younger adults, those living with ...

Awareness Week, and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is working to shine a light on the often-taboo subject.

A Black man’s heart was used without permission in a landmark surgery. Virginia Commonwealth University is making sure people know his story.

This innovative oral antibacterial treatment poses a promising defense against the increasingly drug-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium responsible for the infection.

Only one reliable treatment for the sexually transmitted infection still exists, because the bacteria that cause it have ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s first medicine based on CRISPR gene-editing technology, a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease that delivers a potential cure for ...

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

A newly approved antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, gepotidacin, also may help fight drug-resistant gonorrhea, a new study shows.

Pathogenic Salmonella injects effector proteins into the cells of the gastrointestinal tract to penetrate and multiply within ...

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 ...