Why male couples should think about HIV in their relationships
As many as two-thirds of new infections of HIV are transmitted from main partners. Here's why teaching couples to manage HIV in their relationships can make a difference.
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Where Latino teens learn about sex does matter
Understanding where teens learn about sex and how that influences them can help us find ways to encourage healthy sexual behaviors, such as using condoms and birth control.
Antiviral condoms will help protect Australian Olympians from STIs – here’s how
The active ingredient in the gel can bind to various viruses and stop them from attaching and getting into human cells.
Few Australian women use long-acting contraceptives, despite their advantages
Few Australian women use long-acting reversible contraception, despite its advantages over other methods. These contraceptives offer women long-term, cost-effective, "fit-and-forget" contraception.
Why porn stars should be forced to wear condoms
In any other industry, protection would be mandatory. But the porn lobby is too powerful.
Could HIV-prevention pills actually increase infection risk by cutting condom use?
PrEP drugs to prevent people contracting HIV mustn't disrupt existing sexual health strategies.
How to get more men using condoms – put the pleasure back into sex
Tackling men's reluctant condom use comes down to the basics of how they view sex.
Have young people stopped fearing sexually transmitted infections?
STIs might be easier to treat or manage but unprotected sex still comes with potentially serious risks.
Rumours of the demise of HIV have been greatly exaggerated
Two years ago, the “beginning of the end” of AIDS was announced. It included the promise of reducing HIV transmission by reducing the amount of infectious virus in the population. This relies on a two-pronged…
Are antimicrobial condoms the new frontier against STIs? Not quite…
Australian biotech company Starpharma has announced the imminent launch of a condom coated with an antimicrobial chemical known as VivaGel. While it might be marketed as a great leap forward for preventing…
Graphene condoms: super thin and tough, but is that enough to make people have safer sex?
The proposal of an ultra-thin condom made from graphene and latex brings design of the contraceptive into the 21st century. We have yet to see a prototype, but the developers at the University of Manchester…
Prisoners have sex so let them have condoms
The idea of prisoners having sex upsets people; it offends our sense that prison is a place of punishment not pleasure. But sex still happens, maybe more than we like to think. And if it is happening…
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