Drugs Losing Efficacy Against Gonorrhea

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is spreading rapidly across the United States, federal health officials reported yesterday, raising alarm about doctors' ability to treat the common sexually transmitted infection.

Treating sex partners for chlamydia, gonorrhea to get easier

On Jan. 1, Illinois will join about 20 other states in explicitly allowing doctors and other health-care providers to treat partners of people diagnosed with the sexually transmitted infections chlamydia and gonorrhea without actually examining those partners.