‘Smart’ STD is getting even harder to treat

Antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhea harder and sometimes even impossible to treat, according to a new warning from the World Health Organization (WHO).
“The bacteria that cause gonorrhea are particularly smart. Every time we use a new class of antibiotics to treat the infection, the bacteria evolve to resist them,” Dr. Teodora Wi, a WHO medical officer specializing in reproductive health, said in a statement.
Each year, 78 million people are infected with gonorrhea worldwide, b