Police have made sex workers—and people they suspect of being sex workers—afraid to carry condoms by harassing them and using condoms as evidence of crimes.
A look at how chlamydia rates are up, especially in women, how Chicago Public Schools may start sex education in kindergarten, and why “not tonight, honey, I have a headache” may not be a wise excuse for some.
There’s been much talk this week about the “miracle cure” of a child with HIV. But what about the unjust health-care system that failed her mother?
PrEP works when used properly. So why don’t women use it?
You can buy sex toys at the drug store these days. Does that mean we no longer need to talk about and promote sexual health?
During his tenure as Surgeon General, Koop was not political. He was not ideological. And he was not quiet (like many of his predecessors had been). He saw his position as a platform to speak to the public, and he used it, surprising both the right and the left along the way.
Trichomoniasis, a Sexually Transmitted Infection caused by a parasite, infects more people in the U.S. each year than chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis combined. And yet, according to a new survey, few people have even heard of it.
Not only are unintended pregnancy rates higher for some servicewomen—now we’re learning that across the military, the STI rate among women is seven times than that of the general population.
Aaron Motsoaledi, South Africa’s health minister, reported that 77,771 legal abortions were performed in 2011, a 31 percent increase over 2010. This statistic has rattled the country’s growing anti-abortion movement, sending it into a frenzy of activity to roll back the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act passed 16 years ago.
A much needed sex education program for teens in the Fargo, North Dakota region can move forward thanks to a ruling from the state’s attorney general.
