If the drug is approved for gonorrhoea, it will not only be the newest drug to treat the bacterial infection but also a drug to be approved since the 1990s. World

'First after the 1960s': New drug to treat sexually transmitted gonorrhoea

The United States will roll out a decades-old antibiotic repurposed as a preventive pill which will boost its long fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

US to roll out repurposed antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections

A clinical research presented at the 24th International AIDS conference in Montreal, Canada, has claimed that an antibiotic named doxycycline, taken after unprotected sex can drastically reduce the risk of three bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) viz.

Antibiotic after unprotected sex reduces chances of contracting STDs: Study

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) increased in the United States in 2020. The CDC said STD cases fell during the early months of the Covid pandemic in 2020 but rose again at the end of the year.

Cases of syphilis, other STDs rose in US during Covid pandemic: CDC report

The World Health Organization reported that the overuse of antibiotics to treat the coronavirus — sometimes unnecessarily — has caused the sexually transmitted infection to find a new way to thrive, reports The Sun.

‘Super Gonorrhea’ on the rise due to Covid-19: WHO

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