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Sexually active men should consider wearing condoms during the pandemic.
Australia's year 10-12 students are getting good marks when it comes to sexual health, according to new research out today. But there's room for improvement.
As ophthalmologists, we've noticed an uptick in cases of vision problems caused by syphilis. Practising safe sex is important for our eye health too.
Superbugs used to pose the greatest risk to people with compromised immune systems and those who had surgery. But their sexual transmission means antibiotic resistance can spread much more widely.
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.
Researchers show that a sexually transmitted disease similar to gonorrhoea could have got rid of promiscuous behaviour in agricultural societies.
Few women have heard of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and often confuse its symptoms with thrush. But improper treatment of BV can lead to persistent symptoms and distress.
PrEP drugs to prevent people contracting HIV mustn't disrupt existing sexual health strategies.
Tackling men's reluctant condom use comes down to the basics of how they view sex.
STIs might be easier to treat or manage but unprotected sex still comes with potentially serious risks.
Over the past few years we've seen a dramatic rise in the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Australians aged 60 years and older.
The syphilis outbreak in Central Australia is not about child abuse. But it highlights the urgent need for investment in sexual health services for Aboriginal Australians living in remote areas.
In 1495 a horrific new disease appeared in Europe. Acquired by sexual contact and initially spread through Europe by mercenary soldiers from the army of King Charles VIII of France returning from a successful…
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…
New methods to track disease could help authorities monitor resistant strains of gonorrhoea and keep a possible pandemic…
Websites and apps such as Grindr and Scruff are booming as a new way for men to meet other men. But the people who seek to inform men about HIV and AIDS are finding they need to think on their feet to…
Cases in which women or children have been forced into prostitution under the violent control of a third party are often described as the tip of a very large iceberg. One of the principal statistical claims…
HIV uses an “invisibility cloak” made up of a host body’s own cells, a team of researchers has found, in a discovery that…
A “Perspective” published in the Medical Journal of Australia today calls for patient-delivered partner therapy for chlamydia to be made legal across Australia. This approach could be just the right way…
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Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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Sexual health researcher, University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, University of New England
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
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Academic Convenor, MAEVe ( Melbourne Alliance to End Violence against women and their children, University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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IMB Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Sexual Health Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Molecular Virology, UCL
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, King's College London
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Reader in Medicine, Imperial College London
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Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer of Media Studies and Digital Media, University of Sussex
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne
