• Monday, February 1, 2010 - 5:06pm By Tim McElreavy
    The revelation in the January 31, 2010 edition of South Africa's The Sunday Times that Jacob Zuma has fathered his 20th child with a woman who is not one of his five wives has ignited further controversy around the already embattled president of...
  • Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 10:50am By Matthew Lawrence
    Troubling news hit yesterday that teen pregnancy is on the rise for the first time in years.  Today USA Today reports on a survey conducted by the National Campaign To Prevent Teen And Unplanned Pregnancy in conjunction with Seventeen magazine. ...
  • Monday, September 28, 2009 - 5:06am By Jessica O'Reilly
    The Brisbane Times reports that many people are too shy to discuss contraception and safer sex with their sexual partners. An online survey conducted by pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough and an internet dating site asked 1000 people about sex...
  • Monday, August 10, 2009 - 2:59pm By Tim McElreavy
    The Washington Post reports that following the success of a 2008 pilot program, all public high schools in the District of Columbia will offer testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to students.The pilot program was conducted last year in...
  • Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 9:24am By Mark Kliem
      On July 15, 2009, the producer of International Mr. Leather (IML), Chuck Renslow, sent out a memo to past vendors of the annual Leather Market stating, “… after considerable discussion, the Executive Committee of International Mr...
  • Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 4:23pm By Tim McElreavy
    Following the precedent-setting conviction of an HIV-positive Canadian man for first-degree murder, Toronto police have arrested and charged a 28-year-old man with attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault for having unprotected sex with...
  • Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 10:25am By Tim McElreavy
    EDGE United States reports on a new and controversial underground “safer sex” practice among some gay men: “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis” or PrEP, which involves taking a comprehensive retroviral drug (often tenofivir) before having sex. The theory goes...