On Thursday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly began urging doctors on Thursday to stop using fluoroquinolones for the treatment of gonorrhea, as the disease has developed a resistance to it. It also added that doctors should switch to cephalosporins, a different class of antibiotics, to treat everyone.

Expressing its concern over a rise in fluoroquinolone-resistant gonorrhea, CDC has urged doctors to use antibiotics such as Cipro, Rocephin Floxin, and Levaquin for the treatment of gonorrhea

The latest research suggests that men who have contracted the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea in their past are at a greater risk to have bladder cancer later in their lives. Gonorrhea is among the most common sexually-transmitted diseases in the world and is caused by Gram-negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhea.

Infection with gonorrhea increases the risk of passing on or becoming infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)

The British government has launched a safe-sex campaign targeting risk-taking youths between 18 to 25 years age. Currently only 20% of people in this age group are reported to carry condoms on a night out.

Under this campaign, advertisements will appear on television and radio, in magazines and online from Nov. 20. The campaign features teenagers wearing pants sporting slogans such as 'I've got gonorrhea' and 'I'll give you one', with reference to STIs

Communist China has opened its first free clinic for AIDS victims, in an apparent softening of the government's policy towards the growing problem of the disease.

The China Daily newspaper said the clinic which opened in the Chinese capital of Beijing, will offer free check-ups and treatment to people afflicted with AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases including syphilis, gonorrhea and genital herpes

A study by researchers at University of Washington has shown that using condoms during sex can prevent the spread of the human papilloma virus, which can lead to cervical cancer in women. The study comes on the heels of Food and Drug Administration's approval of a cervical cancer vaccine earlier this month.

According to a report on Seattle pi website, the study which involved 82 students, aged 18 to 22, revealed that women whose partners used a condom every time they had sex were 70 percent less likely to contract HPV than those whose partners used a condom less than 5 percent of the time