[CROI 2026] MedPage Today: Meningitis B vaccine fails to protect against gonorrhea in trial

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The four-component meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB; Bexsero) did not reduce gonorrhea incidence in high-risk men who have sex with men, according to a randomized trial.

The incidence rate ratio of gonorrhea was not significantly different over 2 years of follow-up between participants who received two doses of 4CMenB and those who received placebo, reported Kate Seib, PhD, of the Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics at Griffith University in Southport, Australia.

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