An 11-year-old Austrian girl was reportedly infected with gonorrhea after bathing in a popular thermal pool while on vacation in Italy. The girl was diagnosed with Neisseria gonorrhoeae following a dip in the hot spring off the island of Pantelleria's crater lake Specchio di Venere, also known as the "Mirror of Venus." VACCINATING UK GIRLS AGAINST HPV SLASHED CERVICAL CANCER RATES, STUDY FINDSThe girl's case was reported in a study earlier this fall in the Journal of Medical Case Reports. Vaginal swabs cultured positive for the bacterial pathogen responsible for gonorrhea, but the child's family members tested negative. A presumption that a gonococcal infection is diagnostic of sexual abuse can be dire, with children wrongfully removed from their parents’ care and their caregivers facing false charges of sexual crimes."

Source: Fox News November 13, 2021 00:08 UTC