HPV jab: doctors call for teenage girls to be given more effective vaccine against sexual disease
Pressure increases on ministers to provide genital warts innoculation to girls from age 12
HIV vaccine is a small breakthrough, but not a cure
Will Harris: Decoding the news: Tests produced encouraging results for researchers in Spain, but the eradication of this disease is still a long way off
Lib Dems urge further reform of ban on gay men giving blood
Motion at party conference calls for ban preventing sexually active gay men from donating blood to be lifted
Why Michele Bachmann is wrong about the HPV vaccine
The Republication presidential candidate has made unsubstantiated claims about the jab's side-effects
Gay men who use a condom should not face delays giving blood
Peter Tatchell: Although the new donor policy is a big improvement on the existing lifetime exclusion, a 12-month ban is still excessive
HIV and Aids epidemic ‘has not gone away’
HIV awareness has fallen under the radar despite diagnoses at double 1990s rate, peers warn
This American confession is an insult to Guatemala
Hugh O'Shaughnessy: The attitude of the US establishment to central America has barely changed since the syphilitic atrocity of 1946-8
Pass on herpes, go to jail?
Matthew Weait: Herpes is a common, manageable sexually transmitted infection. A 14-month sentence for transmission is draconian
The Saturday interview: Nadine Dorries
Nadine Dorries says she is pro-choice, yet ever since she got into parliament she has tried to tighten the rules on abortion. Is she a true free spirit, or just rather confused, asks Zoe Williams
Anti-HIV drug made by GM plants begins trials in humans
The antiviral was manufactured in GM tobacco with a view to using the same technique to slash the cost of other life-saving drugs in the developing world
Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to … circumcision
Male circumcision is still a controversial topic – is it vaccination or mutilation?
Why are we afraid of male sexuality?
Ally Fogg: We may have gone a long way towards liberating women, but male desire is increasingly seen as a problem
Daily pill can prevent HIV infection
Groundbreaking studies suggest tablets could help partners of people with HIV protect themselves – secretly, if necessary
Mills & Boon blamed for sexual health problems
Psychologist says that 'a huge number of the issues that we see in our clinics and therapy rooms are influenced by romantic fiction'
If you’re HIV positive, safe sex isn’t just about condoms
Deborah Jack: With advances in HIV drug therapy, the option of 'treatment as prevention' is a real possibility – though it's not right for everyone