February 13 – Condom Day: the meaning and traditions of the holiday
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On February 13, the world celebrates Condom Day – a holiday designed to remind the population of the countries of the…
How a virus caught during sex in your 20s can trigger cervical cancer decades later: Study shows 3/4 of women in the UK are unaware of human papillomavirus... and its potentially devastating effects
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Recently, I was diagnosed with an avoidable cancer. Avoidable had I known more about a common cancer-causing virus — and had I not…
First cases of gonorrhea resistant to several classes of antibiotics identified in the U.S.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Public health officials says they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every kind of…
Super gonorrhoea spreads in Nairobi – Kemri
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A strand of gonorrhoea resistant to most drugs used to treat the disease is now in Nairobi. Read More
Durban couple design condoms to help combat decline in condom use among young people
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Reading Time: < 1 minute BioMed Central Public Health reports that southern Africa has one of the highest rates of adolescent HIV and pregnancy in the world….
STIs soar as Americans ditch condoms: Just 40% of men now 'wrap it up' despite rates of chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea all surging
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Americans are ditching condoms, even as STI rates rocket. Read More
Democratic governor signs law punishing HIV transmission with up to 10 years in prison
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Wolf (D) just signed a new law that makes it a felony to pass on a communicable disease when…
Gonorrhoea could soon become untreatable, according to doctor
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As a society, we like to believe we’re always making big steps forward in terms of technology, equality, and societal equity. Read…
Treating Monkeypox is leading to STI outbreaks, say sexual health care providers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sexual health providers fear they could be forced to stop seeing vulnerable and at risk patients Read More
Rates of little-known super-STI 'that causes infertility' have spiralled 64-FOLD within last decade, Government figures reveal
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Rates of a super-STI which can cause infertility in women have soared 60-fold over the last decade, Read More