Researchers show that a sexually transmitted disease similar to gonorrhoea could have got rid of promiscuous behaviour in agricultural societies.
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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.
Scientists are developing various products that can provide contraception and protection from sexually transmitted infections and HIV at the same time.
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 represents a significant step forward in our understanding of the virus and could…
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…
When it comes to sexual health, the virus that causes those tingling blisters and angry sores of genital herpes is often the most reviled and feared. Most cases of genital herpes in humans are caused by…
It’s been known for some time that antiretroviral medicines could have a role in preventing HIV as well as treating it. Now, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of an antiretroviral…
One in six cancers are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, according to new research. The research looked…
Sex workers in NSW are among the healthiest in the world, new research shows. According to the University of NSW, condom…
Why is it that when we combine the words “sex” and “older people” there’s a reaction of surprise, unease and awkwardness? Is it because we believe older people don’t have sex? Or don’t have sexual fantasies…
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Professor, Head of Research Translation and Head of the Genital Mycoplasma and Microbiota Group, Monash University
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Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, The Ohio State University
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Director of POCHE Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The 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, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer of Media Studies and Digital Media, University of Sussex
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Research Associate in Digital Health and Sexual Health, UCL
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Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University
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Programme leader, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Molecular Virology, UCL
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Sexual health researcher, The University of Melbourne