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Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbug

  • Written by Kenneth Keiler, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State
Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbugThe _Neisseria gonorrhoeae_ bacterium causes gonorrhea by infecting mucous membranes.Design Cells/iStock Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

COVID-19 has rightfully dominated infectious disease news since 2020. However, that doesn’t mean other infectious diseases took a break. In fact, U.S. rates of infection by gonorrhea have risen during the...

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