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University freshers urged to use condoms amid record levels of gonorrhoea

University freshers urged to use condoms amid record levels of gonorrhoea

UKHSA is urging all those heading to university to use a condom with any new or casual partners, and to get tested regularly, after gonorrhoea diagnoses rocketed to 82,592 in 2022, an increase of more than 50% compared to 2021.

‘Playing it safe’ – actors Nathaniel Hall and Joseph Mendez team up with Do It London for Sexual Health Week

‘Playing it safe’ – actors Nathaniel Hall and Joseph Mendez team up with Do It London for Sexual Health Week

As the theme of this year’s Sexual Health Week is ‘playing it safe’, Joseph and Nathaniel will use their social media platforms to help raise awareness of the four sure ways to prevent HIV and stay safe with regular HIV testing, use of condoms and PrEP, and being Undetectable = Untransmissible (U=U)

UK Health Security Agency launches study to determine whether mpox can be transmitted asymptomatically, by people without any obvious symptoms

UK Health Security Agency launches study to determine whether mpox can be transmitted asymptomatically, by people without any obvious symptoms

The £1 million PResymptomatIc MonkEypox / Mpox (PRIME) study, funded by the Medical Research Council, is asking anyone in England aged 18 or over who knows they have been in close sexual contact with an mpox case to come forward to participate.

Only two weeks left to register for Terrence Higgins Trust’s Work and Skills programme for people living with HIV

Only two weeks left to register for Terrence Higgins Trust’s Work and Skills programme for people living with HIV

Terrence Higgins Trust, the HIV / sexual health charity, has announced there are only two weeks left until applications close to register for its autumn cohort of its Work and Skills Programme for people living with HIV.

FEATURE: Sex Education goes hand in hand with the LGBTQ+ community

FEATURE: Sex Education goes hand in hand with the LGBTQ+ community

“For a large part of my adolescence, queer sex was shrouded in taboo and uncertainty.”

New data shows levels of HIV awareness “still stuck in the 1980s”, as EastEnders’ HIV storyline reaches landmark moment

New data shows levels of HIV awareness “still stuck in the 1980s”, as EastEnders’ HIV storyline reaches landmark moment

New research released today (Wednesday, August 9) shows just one third of Brits know the facts about HIV transmission, as EastEnders’ Zack Hudson (James Farrar) is told by doctors the medication he is taking to supress the virus means he can’t pass on HIV.

Prowler Brighton’s customers raise £300 for Martin Fisher Foundation

Prowler Brighton’s customers raise £300 for Martin Fisher Foundation

Prowler Brighton, the gay lifestyle store offering a selection of underwear, sex toys, fashion, gifts, lube, aromas, films and more, handed over a cheque for £300 to the Martin Fisher Foundation recently, which was raised from the sale of T-shirts.

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