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New antibiotic is effective against gonorrhea, could be first new treatment since 1990s, study says


A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on track to become the first new antibiotic for gonorrhea since the 1990s.

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