One-Two Punch: FDA Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea

The FDA recently approved two new medications to treat gonorrhea and they are sorely needed. Give a listen as infectious diseases expert Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo explains why the new drugs are so important in providing a more convenient, oral treatment option against an infection that is increasingly resistant to other therapies. About our guest: In 2023, Dr. Marrazzo was appointed as the sixth Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. She previously was Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and as elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024. Her research portfolio is broad and includes the relationships between the vaginal microbiome and female reproductive tract infections, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, hormonal contraception, and risk of STI/HIV acquisition.

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One-Two Punch: FDA Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea is an episode from Sex+Health by American Sexual Health Association.

This episode is 15:29 long.

This episode was published on Jan 10, 2026.

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