Gonorrhea

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Gonorrhea Growing Resistant to Drugs - The World Health Organization warned on June 6 that gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease, is growing resistant to drugs and could soon become untreatable. The U.N. health agency is “urging governments and doctors to step up surveillance of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, a bacterial infection that can cause inflammation, infertility, pregnancy complications and, in extreme cases, lead to maternal death,” the AP reports. (Photo: REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen)

Gonorrhea Growing Resistant to Drugs, WHO Warns

In a few years, there will be no treatment for the disease.
06/07/2012