Sexually transmitted superbug warning as infections soar 26%
Gonorrhoea diagnoses in England have risen to their highest level for 40 years and jumped 26 percent since 2017, sparking warnings from health chiefs about the threat from drug-resistant strains.
Public Health England figures show there were 447,694 sexually transmitted infections diagnosed in 2018, a rise of 5 percent in a year.
Experts warned about the UK's first case of "super-gonorrhoea" a year ago, although the man was eventually cured it required extensive treatment with a cocktail of drugs usually held in reserve for the most serious infection...