August 22, 2012 | Department News    
  
  Researchers are continuing to sound the alarm on the growing threat of  multi-drug resistant gonorrhea in the United States, according to a  perspective  in the Feb. 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
“It is time to sound the alarm,” said co-author Wasserheit. “Though  there is no evidence yet of treatment failures in the United States,  trends in decreased susceptibility coupled with a history of emerging  resistance and reported treatment failures in other countries point to a  likelihood of failures on the horizon and a need for urgent action.”
Great piece in Wall Street Journal: "Goodbye, Magic Bullet: Hello, Highly Resistant Gonorrhea" by Maryn McKenna.