Sexual health
Pleas for safe sex as multi-drug-resistant bacterial infection spreads
Health authorities say extra caution is needed with an outbreak of a drug-resistent bacterial infection.
- by Jenny Noyes
Latest
Canberra
Opposition calls on ACT to rule out P-plater curfew
P-platers could be banned from driving between midnight and 5am, under radical changes being considered by ACT Road Safety Minister Shane Rattenbury.
- by Katie Burgess
Opinion
Sex & relationships
Will you end up swiping right ... on syphilis
All power to the web for opening up choice and making connecting with someone easier for people, but the buzz may be drowning out the killjoy reminder of safety.
- by Nicola Philp
Sexual health
Women told to get tested after syphilis spike sees baby die in womb
Health authorities are now advising large sections of the Victorian population to get screened, including all women of reproductive age.
- by Aisha Dow
Sexual health
Custom knee replacements and new-age condoms win NSW medtech grants
A next-generation condom and personalised knee replacement implants are among the inventions that have won the NSW government's Medical Devices Fund grants.
- by Kate Aubusson
Healthcare
Durex recalls Australian condoms over concerns about splits
The recall comes after a similar move in Britain and Ireland.
- by Liam Phelan
Sexual assault
One year on from report into sexual assault on campus, what's changed?
One university asks students to report their assault in 300 characters or less, while another has come under fire for delivering 'surveys not services'.
- by Sherryn Groch
Pregnancy
Less than half of young women know when fertility declines: study
An Australian study found that, while young people overwhelmingly want children, few understand the biological limits on natural conception.
- by Mary Ward
Health
These scientists think plastics are shrinking penises
Penises are shrinking, and birth defects of the penis are rising, two Melbourne scientists claim.
- by Liam Mannix
Sexual health
'False and reckless': Health Minister slams anti-vaccination documentary maker
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has criticised the "false and reckless" claims made in a controversial anti-vaccination documentary ahead of its Australian launch.
- by Dana McCauley
Opinion
Opinion
How do we teach our teenagers about good sex, not just safe sex?
Our children are learning about sex from pornography. Are you okay with that?
- by Karen Hardy