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Distance driving STI check delays

AAP - 29-10-2022

Distance from sexual health care, rather than socio-economic status, is the main factor preventing Australians from seeking checks for sexually transmitted infections, research

 
Sexual violence rife on dating apps

AAP - 04-10-2022

Dating apps need to better protect their users, after a study revealed high rates of sexual violence, stalking, assault and unwanted sharing of explicit images.

 
Locking lips can lead to gonorrhoea

AAP - 08-09-2022

Locking lips can have some unexpected consequences, with a new Melbourne study finding gonorrhoea is being transmitted through kissing. Researchers surveyed more

 
Experiences of discrimination drive distrust in digital health

Health Times - 21-10-2020

Communities affected by blood-borne viruses and STIs are more likely to opt out of digital health services, says a new national study. People who have experienced

 
Increase in HIV cases, but decline in numbers first diagnosed in New Zealand

Health Times - 09-06-2020

After two years of declining numbers of HIV cases in New Zealand, there was a slight increase in 2019, but many of these cases were first diagnosed overseas.

 
Reporting the facts on Indigenous STIs

Health Times - 19-02-2020

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being discouraged from seeking medical help due to public assumptions that sexually transmissible infections (STIs)

 
The number of sexually transmitted infections reported in NSW has increased

AAP - 11-09-2019

The number of gonorrhoea cases reported in NSW has more than doubled and incidences of chlamydia and syphilis have also spiked in the past four years.

 
Study shows that HIV rates in Australia have dropped to 18-year low

AAP - 03-07-2019

The number of people diagnosed with HIV has dropped to an 18-year-low, largely due to a decline in the infection among gay and bisexual men, a study has shown.

 
UNSW survey finds most young Australians are not using condoms

HealthTimes - 30-05-2019

Many young Australians are having sex without using condoms, exposing themselves to the risk of contracting a sexually transmissible infection [STI]. UNSW’s

 
Pelvic workout could help men's performance in the bedroom

AAP - 15-05-2019

Men who suffer from sexual dysfunction have been told a targeted pelvic workout could help their performance in the bedroom. Men struggling with

 

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