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Have you heard of Mgen? The little known STD that is a 'growing concern' in UK

WHEN Claire (not her real name) was told by an ex over text in January that she might have the STD mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) she was confused.

The National (Scotland)

Searches for sexual health clinics surge 38% after a bank holiday, says NHS

Thousands more people look for help the day after a bank holiday

Wales Online

People ‘more likely to seek sexual health services after bank holidays’

An NHS website tool lets people search for a sexual health clinic in their area by entering their town, city or postcode.

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Two mothers who died with herpes ‘most likely exposed to infection in surgery’, inquest hears

Kimberley Sampson, 29, and Samantha Mulcahy, 32, died with herpes in 2018 after the same obstetrician conducted their Caesareans

Evening Standard

Two mothers who died with herpes ‘most likely exposed to infection in surgery’

Kimberley Sampson, 29, and Samantha Mulcahy, 32, died with herpes in 2018 after the same obstetrician conducted their Caesareans.

The Independent UK

Study suggests gonorrhoea can be caught by kissing

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre says findings suggest kissing can spread infection.

Evening Standard

Gonorrhoea 'can be spread by KISSING' and guidance should be changed, experts warn

A team of researchers carried out a review of six studies that looked into whether tongue kissing was a risk factor for gonorrhoea and chlamydia - and they are now calling for guidelines to be changed

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Calls for Australia to make contraception free following similar moves by British Columbia, parts of Europe

As parts of Europe and Canada start to provide free access to contraception, women's rights and sexual health advocates are asking for a similar change here.

ABC News

Bristolians urged to get tested as gonorrhoea cases continue to rise

The STI, usually treated with antibiotics, can cause infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease in patients

Bristol Post

London NHS trust apologises after woman suffers severe damage during coil removal

Beki Reilly, 34, underwent emergency surgery following several attempts to remove her contraceptive coil during appointments with Wandsworth sexual health services

Evening Standard

People urged to take gonorrhoea tests and use condoms as cases soar

Cases have risen by 21 per cent since before the pandemic broke out

Evening Standard

Symptoms to watch for and action to take after huge outbreak of gonorrhoea

Young people aged 15 to 24 years remain most likely to be diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections

Wales Online

NHS on-the-spot liver scans identify hundreds at risk of cancer

Scans have been carried out at GP practices, addiction recovery services, food banks, diabetes clinics, sexual health clinics and homeless shelters.

The Independent UK

Sexual health clinic branded 'killers' by Scots extremist group leader planning protest

Richard Lucas, head of the anti-abortion Scottish Family Party (SFP), attacked the care provided by Glasgow's Sandyford clinic.

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Glasgow clinic targeted by anti-abortion group who threaten to 'brick it up'

Members of the Scottish Family Party, an extremist fringe group, have taken to a live stream on social platform Facebook to threaten the Sandyford sexual health clinic in Glasgow.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Family Party threaten to 'brick up' sexual health clinic in Glasgow

AN anti-abortion group have threatened to block access to a sexual health clinic in Glasgow.

Daily Record

Anti-abortion group reveals disturbing plans to 'brick up' Glasgow clinic

The group disclosed disturbing details of how members plan to 'brick up' the sexual health clinic in March.

The Independent UK

Black people have highest rate of STIs in Britain. Not enough is being done to change that.

Black Britons have ‘disproportionally high rates’ of various STI diagnoses compared to white Britons

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Inverse

The Final Frontier of Human Sexuality May Be in Space

In trying to imagine reaching a point where self-sustaining human settlements on other planets are a possibility, we need to understand sexual health in space.

ABC News

Mpox vaccination encouraged ahead of global LGBTQI+ WorldPride festival in Sydney

Australians heading to Sydney WorldPride who are eligible for mpox (previously monkeypox) vaccination are being encouraged to roll up their sleeves and get a jab ahead of the global LGBTIQ+ festival later this month.

Liverpool Echo

'HIV doesn't discriminate, everyone should get tested'

Liam Newberry is advocating for everyone to know their status when it comes to HIV

Evening Standard

National HIV testing week: Londoners urged to get a test to help eliminate transmission by 2030

People can get a free test at a sexual health clinic, a GP or online

Evening Standard

National HIV Testing Week: Free DIY test kits offered in England

This year the campaign is using the slogan “I test” to explore the reasons why people would get tested for HIV

The Guardian - UK

A message to the NHS: disabled people like having sex, too

A sexual health checkup became an ordeal – and underlined the accessibility issues people such as me face, says Cathy Reay, a writer on disability and relationships

Daily Mirror

Having regular sex could help tackle ‘agonising’ gout symptoms, study suggests

Famed for cursing the rich and wealthy, experts have claimed that more sex could help tackle symptoms of gout, and 'improving gout management results in better sexual health'.

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