STD rates are on the rise in Greenwich Village, and it looks like lots of ladies are doing the nasty in some, ahem, nasty ways, according to new data from the Health Department [pdf]. more ›

A right-wing nonprofit is not happy about the city's decision to mandate sex ed for all public school students, claiming, in an extremely roundabout way, that it promotes bestiality and S&M role-playing. Say what?! more ›

It's been a topsy-turvy year for the sexual health of the city. Back in March, the city took a step back when it quietly cut funding for free routine STD screenings at medical centers, but then last month made strides by implementing a more thorough sex ed curriculum across all public schools. Now, health care providers are feeling the effects of those decisions, as doctors are seeing an influx of patients seeking STD testing across the city. The catch? Many of those patients can't afford it. more ›

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that, starting in 2013, health insurance companies cannot charge co-payments, co-insurance, or a deductible for women’s preventive services, like wellness visits, breastfeeding support, domestic violence screening and contraception. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, "The Affordable Care Act helps stop health problems before they start. These historic guidelines are based on science and existing literature and will help ensure women get the preventive health benefits they need." more ›

Seeing as how April is STD Awareness Month, now might be an appropriate time to hit you with some terrifying awareness. Are you sitting down? Because researchers say that gonorrhea is increasingly developing resistance to all of the antibiotics we have to treat it. Does that mean it's becoming a (gulp) SUPERBUG? "This may be the harbinger of things to come. The resistance may be getting worse," said Dr. Kimberly Workowski, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of STD Prevention. As if we needed yet another reason not to jump in the Gowanus Canal anytime soon. more ›

In 2005, the city started an education and testing program to help STD-infected high school students, but kids today just can't seem to get enough of these STDs, and now statistics suggest that more students are infected with chlamydia or gonorrhea than when the program started. Nearly 6 percent of the 11,410 teens who submitted voluntary confidential urine samples during the past school year tested positive for one of those two infections. While that percentage is lower than the 2007-08 school year (when 7.3 percent tested positive) it's still up from 2006-07, when the infection rate among a smaller sample of students was just 4.8 percent. more ›

Free love lives! This sign was spotted at Brandeis High School on the Upper West Side (just before their prom which is taking place tonight). It's like a little history lesson on how things were in the carefree '60s, when that stinging feeling as you urinated was no cause for concern. No mention of abstinence or condoms, just a friendly reminder that if you're going to have sex, you might wanna keep it clean. Men: wash thoroughly before and after (with soap and water) because the ladies probably already have a V.D. and don't even know it! Time to stock up on douche and go to the doctor, tramps. Then it's straight back to studying up on the USSR. more ›

The Post reports a woman is suing her husband for $25 million, claiming that the sexual transmitted diseases she has now are the result of his indiscretions. Stephanie Lerner says after being infected with "several severe incurable strains of the human papilloma virus," she's had a number of operations and now is in constant pain She says her venture capitalist husband Mark first give her trichomoniasis in 1996 (he admitted to cheating then); when she learned about her HPV in 2005, he apparently "admitted to her and their marriage counselor that he'd continued having unprotected sex with hookers in Asia, as well as with a mistress in New York." He also allegedly said, "I wish you would just die already" when she was ill. The two are reportedly in the middle of a divorce. more ›

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Time to break out the subway condoms! The Health Department reported yesterday that "more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with Herpes Simplex Virus-2, the virus that causes genital herpes." For contrast, the national average for genital herpes infection is 19%. more ›