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Gonorrhea is becoming unstoppable; highly resistant cases found in US
(arstechnica.com)
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In other news, a vaccine for gonorrhea is on the way.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/incurable-gonorrhea-there-may-already-be-a-vaccine-for-that/
While that is indeed good news, that's a pretty low efficacy rate. It absolutely could help prevent some infections, but it sadly won't change the diseases curability.
GSK has another one in fast track trials, but I don’t think we know how well it works yet.
https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/gsk-receives-us-fda-fast-track-designation-for-investigational-vaccine-against-gonorrhoea/