Potential new antibiotic for gonorrhoea as superbugs rise

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2025-04-14

London (PA Media/dpa) - Scientists have found the first new antibiotic treatment for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea since the 1990s. Experts discovered that gepotidacin, an antibiotic currently used to treat urinary tract infections, can also treat gonorrhoea. It comes as experts warned that cases of gonorrhoea infections that are resistant to antibiotics are on the rise in England. The UK Health Security Agency said in March that......

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