Sexual Health

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.

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

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.

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

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

The state’s leading HIV prevention and support organisation, ACON, has welcomed the release of the latest HIV surveillance figures for NSW showing a decline in HIV notifications

The gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in sexual health is widening, according to a new study. The finding comes as a significant

South Korea's total fertility rate has hit a record low of 0.98 in 2018, a clear warning Asia's fourth-largest economy may face a population decline.

Australia’s most common sexually transmitted infection, chlamydia, is unlikely to be eliminated by opportunistic testing in general practice, a landmark trial has revealed,

An Asian fertility franchise setting up shop in Melbourne says it will "transform" the fertility management industry by providing "pay as you go"

Experts on HIV will meet in Canberra with key decision-makers in a bid to build a better strategy for testing, treatment and prevention of the virus.

A new study has found more than half of unintended pregnancies are the result of Australian women not using contraception. Australian women

There's been a rise in heterosexuals diagnosed with HIV but there's no need to return to a "Grim Reaper-style" advertising campaign, experts say.

Melbourne university students' biological clocks are ticking faster than they realise, new research reveals. Only 45 per cent of women

NSW Health will be testing festival-goers for chlamydia at Splendour in the Grass to help raise awareness of sexually transmitted infections.

Australian researchers are developing a hormone-free male contraceptive pill that wouldn't impact libido or fertility, and believe it could be available in the

Charles Darwin University researchers are seeking transgender Australians living with HIV to share their post-diagnosis psychosocial and medical experiences.

The federal opposition has announced a funding boost for Australia's peak HIV organisations if it wins the next election to increase preventive drug trials.

Home-testing kits for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) should be approved for use across the country to address the increase in cases among those born in sub-Saharan Africa