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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Science
Jane Kirby

Experts warn of ‘concerning jump’ in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea

Overall, there was a 16% drop in gonorrhoea cases in 2024 in England (Alamy/PA) -

There has been a “concerning jump” in cases of gonorrhoea resistant to strong antibiotics, health officials have warned.

New figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show there have been more cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhoea that are resistant to the antibiotic ceftriaxone so far in 2025 than the whole of last year.

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