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News: May 28, 2012
Gonorrhea's Growing Resistance to Antibiotics Concerns CDC
THURSDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Gonorrhea appears to be growing increasingly resistant to drugs called cephalosporins, the only remaining class of antibiotics available to treat the sexually transmitted disease, according to a new report. Res...
Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Reported in San Diego: CDC
THURSDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Five cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea found in San Diego County between August and October 2009 show the need for continued surveillance for such cases, according to a new report from public health offic...
Women Would Welcome At-Home Test for STDs
TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Do-it-yourself tests for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) apparently would be a hit among women. When given the option of taking an at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea, two of the most common STDs, 76...
Teen Girls at Higher Risk for STDs: Report
MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Teen girls aged 15 to 19 accounted for the largest number (409,531) of the 1.5 million reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the United States in 2008, followed by women aged 20 to 24, according to an annual...
U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High
TUESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans newly infected with the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and syphilis continues to rise, federal health officials reported Tuesday, with chlamydia infections hitting a record mill...
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