Incarceration: when HIV infection does discriminate

Sadhbh Walshe: Given US prisons' elevated HIV/Aids rates, especially among African Americans, it serves public health to provide treatment

Taking sex education to Brazil’s favelas

Liz Ford: An NGO offers access to contraception and sexual health to poorer Brazilians and boosts its funding through a successful condom and lubricant business

Taking sex education to young people who are not in schools

Simply talking about sex helps break a lot of barriers – it's often the best approach to inform vulnerable teenagers why contraception is necessary, says Rachel Williams

James Boswell and a history of gonorrhoea

Kiran Rana: News that gonorrhoea may soon become untreatable reminds us we are not the first generation to be blighted by this disease

Gonorrhoea will soon be ‘untreatable’

STD is now second most common in Europe and is becoming increasingly resistant to drugs, warn scientists

Access to online porn ‘twisting children’s view of sexual norms’

Deputy children's commissioner says social networking, mobiles and hardcore porn contributing to child sexual exploitation

HPV vaccination should be extended to gay men

Campaigners are hoping that the jab given to protect against cervical cancer will be widened to include gay men

Medical body in fight to extend HPV vaccination to gay men

Including young homosexuals would reduce deaths from preventable cancers and lessen demand for costly treatments, writes Barry Neild

What sex education is available for young people with a learning disability?

Social integration for learning disabled people has improved in recent years, but attitudes towards sex and relationships have not caught up, says Saba Salman

Students are still taking unnecessary risks with their sexual health

A new survey suggests that fewer students are practising safe sex than at this time last year. Oliver Brann analyses the results