A gonorrhea vaccine will soon be available in the UK. Here's how it works to protect against the STI

A gonorrhea vaccine will soon be available in the UK. Here's how it works to protect against the STI

A vaccine targeting gonorrhea will soon be rolled out on the NHS. This will make England and Wales the first two countries in the world to offer such a program.

A gonorrhoea vaccine will soon be available in the UK – here’s how it works to protect against the STI

Gonorrhoea, which is caused by the bacterium _Neisseria gonorrhoeae_, is the second most common STI in the UK. Tatiana Shepeleva/ ShutterstockA vaccine targeting gonorrhoea will soon be rolled out on the NHS. This will make England and Wales the first two countries in the world to offer such a programme. This move comes amid a sharp rise in gonorrhoea cases in England and increasing concern about antibiotic resistance. In 2023 alone, there were …