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.
Jenelle Davis, NCSH member and founder of The STD Project, speaks up about common STI myths and discusses the shame and stigma she felt when diagnosed with an STI.
The recommendation to gather more safety data was one of a series made by the panel at the conclusion of a daylong hearing the FDA convened to review Essure.
Across Los Angeles, there are dozens of billboards blaming the apps Tinder and Grindr for spreading sexually transmitted infections and encouraging people to get tested. The folks at Tinder and Grindr are not pleased.
There's been no significant change in the prevalence of HIV infection among US adults, according to the latest estimates released in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health StatisticsReports.
Jessica Biel, Whitney Cummings and Joy Bryant star in a new online video series for Funny or Die in which they candidly share their opinions on sex-related topics.
Everyone who has HIV should be immediately be put on antiretroviral triple therapy and everyone at risk of becoming infected should be offered protective doses of similar drugs, the World Health Organization said as it issued new HIV treatment and prevention guidelines.
Clinical practice rarely mirrors the screening recommendations developed by expert panels, and this week, colleagues explored that divide in a modeling study and concluded that, as practiced, the current recommendations are inefficient.
At the time of HIV testing, nearly one quarter of newly diagnosed HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in North Carolina did not report male sex partners, according to an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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