NEW YORK — New York City wants to "keep people excited" about safe sex, and is sponsoring a contest for the design of the wrapper for the city's nex...
Shelby Knox | Posted 12.15.2009 | Style
New Year's Eve - a sparkly dress, a glittering party, a bubbly drink, and if you're lucky, a kiss that lingers minutes past midnight. What better way to send off 2009 and ring in the next decade?
Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
Thanks in large part to a decade of nearly nonexistent enforcement, tens of millions of men, women and children now routinely drink, bathe in and cook with tap water laced with illegal levels of contaminants.
Mike Alvear | Posted 12.07.2009 | Style
I've seen couples break over this. Thing is, they both have a point. Nothing gives a man a flat tire faster than a condom. But guys too often act as if they can't do anything about it. Not true.
AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 12.04.2009 | Sports
Brush aside all those stodgy notions about curling. The curlers are selling condoms!...
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment
The film explores three separate histories. As Jones wrote me via e-mail, "We wanted to look at the subject of HIV/AIDS in the light of people living with it, rather than dying from it."
Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics
World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...
Reuters | Maggie Fox | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teen...
Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics
The protesters I spoke with in Wisconsin believe that "the morning-after pill" is the equivalent of murder. They even believe that the birth control pill is a form of murder.
Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
Multiple news agencies reported that a trial vaccine reduced the risk of HIV infection by 30 percent. While I am encouraged by the results, we have yet to find a silver bullet.
AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
LONDON — Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Frid...
washingtonpost.com | David A. Fahrenthold | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green
To heck with carbon dioxide. A new study performed by the London School of Economics suggests that, to fight climate change, governments should focus ...
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
Sometimes shock campaigns work but this one just leaves me feeling cold. And kinda icky inside.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
The best way to prevent HIV and other STIs -- whether you're circumcised, uncircumcised, gay, straight, male or female -- is through education and condom use.
Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green
With the abundance of contraceptive products available, many have begun to examine the environmental ramifications of their birth control. The fear of...
GlobalPost | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
Proper condom use, sex positions and same-sex relationships are all part of the curriculum for 14-year-old students in Swedish high schools....
ABC News | EMILY FRIEDMAN | Posted 07.21.2009 | Style
The federal government has spent nearly half a million dollars to fund a study to find out why some men would prefer not to wear condoms during sex. ...
Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style
Even if you feel embarrassed talking about sex (especially with someone new), discuss your preferences beforehand.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
Among my numerous flaws is the fact that I'm not very charitable. Yes, I give money to worthy causes, but I'm stingy with my time. My wife does volunt...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
With one of the lowest rates of HIV infection (.1%), Cuba is proud to be open and realistic about the issues that surround sex, and the younger the kids are educated, the better.
TNN | Posted 06.21.2009 | World
China has decided to distribute free contraceptives to its vast migrant population living in major cities far from their rural homes. Migrants are al...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.18.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — Critics of the Catholic Church's social teachings are trying to intimidate Pope Benedict XVI into silence, the Vatican charged Fr...
Deutsche Welle | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
A member of hit German girl group No Angels has been arrested for allegedly having unprotected sex although she knew she was HIV positive....
G20Voice | Posted 05.03.2009 | World
Thanks to Nick Booth's podnosh journalistic instincts, I was able to get in front of Bob Geldof and, rather nervously, explain the ColaLife campaign to him.
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.02.2009 | World
The Church and witchcraft have one thing in common: neither believes condoms will prevent the spread of AIDS.
AP | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York