U.K. recommendation could lead to world’s first use of meningitis vaccine to curb gonorrhea
An expert panel that advises the United Kingdom on vaccine policy has recommended using a meningitis B vaccine to try to bring down spiking rates of gonorrhea.
An expert panel that advises the United Kingdom on vaccine policy has recommended using a meningitis B vaccine to try to bring down spiking rates of gonorrhea. If adopted, the U.K. would be the first country to use the meningitis B vaccine for this purpose.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization released a report Friday saying that targeted use of a meningitis B vaccine — GSK’s Bexsero — in people at high risk of contracting gonorrhea should reduce the incidence of an infection that is becoming increasingly difficult to treat.
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