The ‘huge disadvantage’ women behind femtech phenomenon face
Despite growing demand for female health solutions, businesses are coming up against entrenched prejudice
Chanel Contos teams up with Tinder on ‘crucial’ Australian consent course, but some have doubts
Contos and peak body The Women’s Services Network hope it will introduce ‘nuances of consent’ to dating app users, but other advocates say Tinder should not receive ‘props for the basics’
Push to improve syphilis testing in US as disease makes dramatic comeback
Cases have risen 80% in the last five years, and the US now has the highest syphilis rates since 1950
Sex ed Paraguay-style: condoms are unsafe, silence on LGBTQ+ people
Country awash with teenage pregnancies to launch new school curriculum on sex – but is it worse than none at all?
Australia running low on HIV-prevention drug PrEP as experts warn users to plan ahead
TGA recently approved importation and supply of overseas-registered tablets to help ease the shortage
Young people’s health at risk from fall in condom use, warns WHO
International survey of 250,000 15-year-olds found nearly a third of them did not use a condom or the pill
Gonorrhoea getting more drug-resistant and ‘may become untreatable’
Rise in super-strength cases in England reaches highest level since records began, UKHSA says
When ‘sex’ only means penetration, of course there’s a huge orgasm gap between men and women
The things that happen with lips and tongues and hands are completely discounted in the latest misguided sex study, says host of The Second Circle podcast Franki Cookney
STIs surge across Australia while resistance to antibiotic treatments ‘increasing rapidly’
Rise in gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV rates partially due to reduced use of condoms across range of demographics, pathologists say
Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker receives ovation at Aids summit after presenting trial results of ‘miracle’ drug lenacapavir
20,000 female condoms, 200,000 male condoms, 10,000 dental dams: will Paris 2024 be the sexiest Olympics ever?
It’s not the first time athletes and officials have been showered with contraceptives, writes Arwa Mahdawi. But is there any logic to the options on offer?
Ruth Westheimer obituary
American therapist, author and broadcaster known as Dr Ruth who talked openly about sex on her radio and TV shows
Risk of serious injury as strangling during sex becomes normalised among young Australians
Sexual violence experts concerned about health risks and lack of consent after survey shows almost 60% of respondents under 35 had been choked at least once
Microplastic discovery in penises raises erectile dysfunction questions
The contaminants have also recently been found in testes and semen, amid concerns about falling male fertility
Pornography and social media driving rise in labia surgery, Australian report finds
More than half a million people have had or considered having the procedure due to lack of education and diverse representation, survey shows