Public health authorities are confronting a rise in sexually transmitted infections in a world where condom use has steadily declined. WASHINGTON - The basket of free ultrathin and studded condoms ...

USATODAY.COM - Sexually active teens are using condoms more often, but inconsistently, finds a federal survey released today that asked its largest-ever sample of teens about their sex lives. The data ...

OXFORD, Miss — It's hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym. Some University of Mississippi students walking past after their workout snicker and point, and the few who ...

Male condoms are 98% effective with perfect use and 85% effective with typical use. Female condoms are slightly less effective — 95% with perfect use and 79% typically. People make mistakes with ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two UK surveys, 10 years apart, indicate that there's been a substantial increase in the rate of condom use, particularly among young people. However, condom use is ...

Some 8 in 10 sexually active teen boys reported using a condom the first time they had sex, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and... Teenagers can, in fact, make some mature decisions ...

Many low-income, straight men don't use condoms for disease prevention, despite knowing the risks, a new study shows. Rather than wear a condom to prevent syphilis, gonorrhea, or other sexually ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two UK surveys, 10 years apart, indicate that there's been a substantial increase in the rate of condom use, particularly among young people. However, condom use is ...

Young men who have sex with men are among the groups with the fastest growing rates of new cases of HIV [1]. Therefore, encouraging gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ)-identifying teenage men to use ...

Amid the dire warnings about the AIDS pandemic, researchers on Friday announced some good news: condom use among young African women has been increasing. The study, published in the British journal ...