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A Superbug STD Is On The Loose In Australia
Researchers in Australia are sounding the alarm over a foodborne and sexually transmitted disease that’s become resistant to every common antibiotic used to treat it.
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Super Gonorrhea Is Spreading, With Two New Cases Found In Australia
Last month, UK health officials reported the world’s first documented case of highly drug-resistant gonorrhea. Now there are two more cases of this so-called super gonorrhea in Australia.
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Experts Sound The Alarm As Drug Resistant Gonorrhoea Goes Global
Describing it as a “serious situation,” the World Health Organisation has issued a grim warning about the dramatic rise of antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea around the world. The agency is now calling for the quick development of drugs to treat the sexually transmitted disease.
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HPV Vaccine Reduces Infection By Nearly Two Thirds, But Less Than Half Of US Teens Are Vaccinated
A decade after its introduction, the vaccine for human papillomavirus has reduced the prevalence of this cancer-causing STD in teenage girls by nearly two-thirds. It’s an incredible success story, leading experts to question why HPV vaccinations aren’t more common in the United States.