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Durex Will Donate 2.5 Million Condoms for World AIDS Day Via A Global Digital Campaign

Durex will donate one condom for every consumer who: tweets a message about HIV and AIDS using the #1share1condom hashtag, OR shares the Durex World AIDS Day image or video found on the Durex Facebook page (www.facebook.com/DurexUSA).

Published
29 November 2012
From
Durex press release
Young people
Unprotected sex reported by the majority of sexually active adolescents infected with HIV since birth

Close to two-thirds of sexually active adolescents infected with HIV at birth have had unprotected sex, US investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Published
21 November 2012
By
Michael Carter
Microbicides
Some sexual lubricants damage cells – but may not increase HIV risk

An evaluation of 13 sexual lubricants has found that, while many are toxic to the cells that line the vagina and rectum, this does not lead to

Published
09 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Condoms and lubricant
South African Breweries Condom Distribution to Taverns Averts More Than 20000 New HIV/AIDS Infections

A year after launching its condom distribution programme, the South African Breweries (SAB) has delivered more than 10 million condoms to taverns across South Africa, using its infrastructure, delivery trucks and extensive distribution network.

Published
08 November 2012
From
SAB Miller press release
Condoms and lubricant
Condoms treated with silver nanoparticles could ‘completely inactivate’ HIV, other STDs: researchers

Condoms have a 15% failure rate, so a University of Manitoba team tried soaking condoms in a solution packed with “remarkable,” microscopic silver nanoparticles, and the treated devices appeared to kill all HIV and herpes in lab experiments, the scientists report.

Published
05 November 2012
From
National Post
Condoms and lubricant
Why are we still embarrassed about using condoms?

A new restaurant promoting safe sex and condom use has opened in the UK, but many people are still too embarrassed to even buy them - why?

Published
05 November 2012
From
BBC Health
Condoms and lubricant
Free Glow in the Dark Condoms for Halloween in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles County health department will distribute free glow in the dark condoms at local Halloween events.

Published
31 October 2012
From
Poz magazine news
Condoms and lubricant
Condom Use Drops When Young Women Use Hormonal Contraceptives

Young women who start using hormonal contraceptives for birth control often stop using condoms, but a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that if they later discontinue using hormonal contraceptives, they tend not to resume using condoms. This leaves them open to both unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Published
25 October 2012
From
Science Daily
HIV and criminal law
Rulings on HIV non-disclosure raise concerns

Some criminal lawyers are worried that the Supreme Court has imposed on people prosecuted for not disclosing their HIV-positive status to sex partners a “significant evidentiary burden” to show that they used a condom and that their viral loads were low when they had sex.

Published
15 October 2012
From
The Lawyers Weekly
Condoms and lubricant
Consistent and correct condom use reduces risk of bacterial STIs by 60%

Consistent and correct condom use provides a high level of protection against bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), US investigators report in Sexually Transmitted Infections. Individuals who always used

Published
26 September 2012
By
Michael Carter
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