Most safer sex campaigns focus on danger and disease. Acknowledging the importance of pleasure — and how to make safe sex good sex — could make them more effective.
Tag: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The U.S. May Be Losing the Fight Against Monkeypox, Scientists Say
Longstanding weaknesses in the public health system are giving the virus a chance to become entrenched.
Origin of the Monkeypox Outbreak Becomes Clearer to Scientists
Even as cases rise, genetic analysis suggests that the virus has been silently circulating in people since 2018.
Vietnam Confiscates Over 300,000 Used Condoms for Sale
A raid at a warehouse led to the arrest of a woman who said she had been paid by the pound to recycle the prophylactics.
What You Need to Know About the Zika Virus and Travel
The virus has been out of the headlines, but that doesn’t mean it is gone. The World Health Organization just updated its guidelines for travelers to the Zika zone.
HPV Vaccines Are Reducing Infections, Warts — and Probably Cancer
An analysis covering 66 million young people has found plummeting rates of precancerous lesions and genital warts after vaccination against the human papillomavirus.
In China, Public Talk of Sex Is Rare. Could a ‘Pleasure Community’ Change That?
Strangers gathered in Beijing to discuss a subject rarely addressed publicly in China: how to satisfy a woman. These workshops come at a fraught time for Chinese feminists.