Health informatics
A new use for dating apps: Chasing STIs
Heather Meador and Anna Herber-Downey use dating apps on the job—and their boss knows it.
Dec 6, 2022
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Medications
Study shows youth in child welfare system lack access to birth control
Only about one-third of eighth and ninth graders involved with the child welfare system in Colorado have received information on birth control, and fewer than half know how to access it, according to new University of Colorado ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With monkeypox in the news, why are people talking about smallpox?
Why are we talking about smallpox again?
Aug 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Amid monkeypox surge, WHO urges reducing number of sexual partners
As monkeypox cases surge globally, the World Health Organization called Wednesday on the group currently most affected by the virus—men who have sex with men—to limit their sexual partners.
Jul 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
French health authority urges wider monkeypox vaccination
French health authorities on Friday urged preemptive vaccination against monkeypox for certain segments of the population, especially those with multiple sexual partners.
Jul 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What you need to know about monkeypox
The World Health Organization said June 25 that monkeypox wasn't yet a public health emergency of international concern. More than 4,500 cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 300 in the U.S.
Jun 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox outbreak growing across Britain
British officials said the monkeypox outbreak in the U.K. is growing across the country, mainly among men who are gay or bisexual, or other men who have sex with men. They urged those with new or multiple sex partners to ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
'We must change': Japan's morning-after pill debate
When Megumi Ota needed the morning-after pill in Japan, she couldn't get a prescription in time under a policy activists call an attempt to "control" women's reproductive rights.
Jun 10, 2022
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Health
Study shows testosterone linked with multi-partnerships in men, but with solo sex in women
Testosterone levels appear to be significantly linked with both the type of intimate relationships men and women engage in and their sexual behavior, according to new research published today in the peer-reviewed The Journal ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Health
Young adults say porn is their most helpful source of information about how to have sex
Young adults ages 18-24 years old in the U.S. say that porn is their most helpful source of information about how to have sex, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher ...
Jan 6, 2021
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