Welcome to NCSH Sexual Health in the News. This weekly online digest was created to keep you up-to-date on sexual health topics currently trending in the media.The NCSH does not endorse specific content or research included in these articles.
BlackDoctor.org spoke with Susan Gilbert, Co-Director of the National Coalition of Sexual Health, about six ways to protect and improve your sexual health and well-being.
As required by the Affordable Care Act, the Obama Administration reiterated that insurers and insurance plans must cover at no cost to consumers at least one form of contraception in each of the 18 FDA -approved methods.
A judge ruled that a CA school district's abstinence-only sexual education programs failed to provide its students with complete information on sexual health and disease prevention, thus failing to comply with California state law.
Thanks to the ACA contraceptive mandate there may be an increase in the use of LARCs; however effectiveness is not the only criterion women consider when using contraception.
Drug-resistant gonorrhea is spreading to such an extent that the World Health Organization has declared it a global concern and warned that without new drugs, infections may one day become untreatable.
The new 9-valent HPV vaccine can potentially prevent 80 percent of cervical cancers in the United States, if given to all 11- or 12-year-old children before they are exposed to the virus.
Overall, sexual-minority students who were sexually active were about twice as likely as other students to report becoming pregnant or getting someone pregnant, researchers found.
A study found that low-income and uninsured women in states that are not expanding their ACA Medicaid coverage are less likely to receive breast and cervical cancer screenings compared to those in states that are implementing expansions.
Syphilis is currently epidemic among men who have sex with men in the United States and in many other parts of the world. This is occurring despite more than 70 years of remarkable progress in controlling this disease.
The dating site EliteSingles just released a study that found that seniors continue to have an active and robust sex life. Here are six interesting facts about senior sex.
Given the inadequacy of legal language when describing sexual assault and violence show a need for education on the subject and collaboration with victim/survivor's advocates.
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