The basket of free ultrathin and studded condoms stayed full to the brim — a recurrent reality that no longer surprised the D.C. health workers offering HIV testing this month at a downtown plaza.

It’s not news that porn can influence sexual behavior. But evidence shows that porn is stepping in where sex education is failing, in some cases. Specifically, when it comes to condom use. A study ...

A report issued by the World Health Organization shows that teens around the world are using fewer condoms when they have sex than they have in the past, with one-third of European adolescents ...

Condoms are a perfect example of the flaws in our sex education system. Sure, they get brought up a lot — but what's not often talked about is how and when to use them (properly, that is). So, welcome ...

Condom usage is down for everyone in the U.S., but researchers say the trend is especially stark among teens and young adults. Though this might not spell the end of condoms, public health experts are ...

"The indications that condom education is associated with increased condom usage is an important reminder," Fetner says. "If that education did not exist, condom use would decline and risk would rise.

The first time I had sex without a condom, I was a senior in college and had been with my girlfriend at the time for about six months. We’d both been tested—I was clean because I’d never had sex with ...

Although condom use reduces the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as human immunodeficiency virus and gonorrhea, until recently the effectiveness of condoms in the prevention of ...

A condom designed to increase sexual pleasure has the potential to increase protected sex and decrease sexually transmitted infections, a new study suggests. The new condom, called CSD500 and not ...

The FDA hopes that by approving ONE male condom, more people will use them during anal sex, where the risk of sexually transmitted diseases is "significantly higher" Julie Mazziotta is the Senior ...