Young at risk as sexually transmitted infections reach record levels Peak age for a sexually transmitted infection is 19-20 for women and 20-23 for men, says Health Protection Agency
If sex with HIV is a crime, so is swimming with verrucas Zoe Williams: A trial like that of German pop star Nadja Benaissa could happen here too: the law isn't about public health, but pillorying promiscuity
Nadja Benaissa’s HIV trial is a distracting sideshow Edwin J Bernard: Laws and prosecutions as a result of non-disclosure of HIV-positive status are ineffectual, counterproductive and unjust
‘In those days I was careless,’ says pop star accused of infecting man with HIV Nadja Benaissa of No Angels tells German court she did not mean to harm, having been advised passing on virus unlikely
Sex after 50 Headlines about STDs among older people skirt one of the last taboos – that it's not just the young who have fulfilling sex lives
Stop this slut-shaming Laurie Penny: The word sexualisation is a troubling cultural shorthand – it sends girls an unhelpful message
Pill is not sexualising young girls Carrie Dunn: The media's moral outrage at the number of preteens on the pill ignores that the majority are prescribed it for problem periods
Men off the hook with HIV gel Paul McNally: A new gel designed to help prevent the spread of HIV may be used to pander to male irresponsibility over safe sex