Sexual Health

Bacterial vaginosis affects one in three women and often comes back after treatment, but it can be completely wiped out in most cases if their male partner is treated too.

Sex worker Kayla Jade, sexologist Juliet Allen and podcaster Abbie Chatfield are just some local influencers, or sexfluencers, sharing their knowledge and experience. 

Researchers say part of the reason why strangulation during sex is so common may be because many people mistakenly believe that, while risky, it can be made safe.

Traditionally tucked away in discreet corners, a growing number of stores selling sexual pleasure products are opening in shopping centres across China. 

A group of doctors outraged by last year's abortion ban at Orange hospital in regional NSW say they have lodged a complaint with the state's corruption watchdog.

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A Perth gay venue is offering free mpox screening and vaccinations to try to head off any significant outbreak.

As mpox cases continue to rise across Australia, a gay venue in Perth is offering free vaccinations and screening in a bid to get ahead of a potential outbreak.

An email obtained by the ABC confirms Queanbeyan Hospital has stopped providing surgical terminations for fetal anomalies and medical reasons, restricting access to a legal and time-critical form of reproductive health care.

A public hospital in regional New South Wales is restoring abortion services after an ABC investigation revealed the executive had banned staff from providing terminations to patients for non-medical reasons.

Leaked documents show staff at the public hospital in Orange can no longer provide abortion services for patients who present without medical complications, further restricting regional women's access to time-critical reproductive health care. 

Decriminalisation was meant to give women access to safe, affordable abortions as a form of health care. Five years on, the ABC can reveal glaring examples of the system failing people in rural and regional areas at almost every step. 

A report reveals people living in regional Victoria are almost twice as likely to seek abortions after 12 weeks' gestation than those living in metropolitan areas.

One in four women will experience pain during sex that can affect their self-worth and their relationships. These people say pelvic floor specialists can improve women's lives.

An independent review reveals a Canberra sexual health education organisation's mistaken distribution of more than 4,000 ultrasound probe covers as condoms was likely caused by an online ordering error.

About half of people disclosed, or believed they should disclose, an STI to a partner before having sex, a recent review from the Journal of Sex Research found.

The NSW government says a trial contraceptive pill scheme will be made permanent from this Saturday. It allows women who use the pill to get a 12-month refill from a pharmacist without a new script.

New sexual consent laws come into effect from Monday, along with the criminalisation of stealthing.

Senators found many medical students get just an hour of training in the subject despite half the country going through it at some stage.

New numbers show HIV diagnoses have reduced by a third over the past decade despite a 2023 increase.