Tuesday 15 June, 2021
The prominent STIs were chlamydia, gonorrhoea, genital herpes and syphilis.
A total of 11,078 STI diagnoses have been reported so far this year.
As part of this year’s budget talks, the minister plans to increase the availability of free condoms.
The HSE vaccinates thousands of schoolgirls against the virus each year.
It’s all about the molecules.
The high school handbook instructs the promotion of abstinence over any other behaviour.
In South Africa, more than 6 million of the country’s 52 million population are HIV positive.
In a recent survey, young people said what they basically want is to be told the facts without a lecture.
The simple device – two plastic rings and an elastic band – cuts off blood supply to the foreskin, which then shrivels and is removed with the band after a week.
As part of the union’s safe sex campaign, students will also be dazzled by the world’s only sexual health magician and can attend workshops by ‘Dr Sex’.
They wouldn’t want children being dragged into the equation now, would they?
Sure you’d never be able to look daddy in the eye again after that. EVER.
Rates across the country have risen in the past three years, but the greater Dublin area has been particularly badly hit.
The question of the sexual behaviour of this group is important given current optimism about a possible reversal of the HIV epidemic.
Cases of gonorrhoea are up one third in Northern Ireland, with over 450 people diagnosed with the disease.
Judge refuses to allow two actors and porn film-makers to hold off on using condoms while suit is being decided.
A little bit NSFW, as you might expect.
A new home testing kit for common STIs will cost from €50, compared to the usual cost of €125.
Almost a third of people in a study said they are not concerned about their sexual health.
First scientific statement ever is released on when and how to have sex following a cardiac event.
There has been a 72 per cent increase in the number of cases of genital herpes diagnosed at the Dublin Well Woman Centre.
There were 1,110 cases of gonorrhea in Ireland last year – an increase of one third on the previous year.
Bacteria on your desk at work, viruses passed on by your pets and food-borne illnesses lurking in your fridge – infection is everywhere.
Free condoms = safe sex, says national youth charity.
Commonwealth Games organisers are working round the clock to remove condoms from blocked drains.
