Sexual health

Sexual health clinics will now be able to offer a free vaccine to patients at the highest risk of Gonorrhoea.

Gonorrhoea at all-time high as NHS rolls out 'world first' treatment

New data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that syphilis cases have continued to rise.

Cases of Syphilis on the rise - warning signs of Victorian era STI

The new Morrisons Clinic sends treatments to your house on a 24-hour tracked service

Breaking Morrisons launches a new discreet online prescription service

The RSE curriculum covers a wide range of topics (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

What England's pupils learn in 'sex ed' - and how it could soon change

The risk of unprotected sex does carry the chance of catching a sexually transmitted infection.

Pharmacist warns tell-tale signs of five common STDs

Pippa Sharp in hospital after thrush turned out to be stage three vulval cancer.

My diabetes-related thrush turned out to be rare vulval cancer

A doctor checks on a patient with sores caused by a mpox infection. (Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Mpox: symptoms and what does mpox rash look like?

In June, research by Community Pharmacy England found that 96% of pharmacies had stopped delivering locally commissioned services. (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Where can you get the morning after pill? As pharmacies cut services

Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea cases are on the rise according to the UKHSA (Photo: Pixabay)

Warning as antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea cases on the rise

The WHO has declared a global health emergency over an outbreak of mpox in Africa. (Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

The UK areas with highest mpox cases in the last outbreak

More than 20 per cent more cases of gonorrhoea have been reported in the UK than before the pandemic.

UK gonorrhoea cases increase by more than a fifth
More than 20 per cent more cases of gonorrhoea have been reported in the UK than before the pandemic
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New male contraceptive pill have been proving successful in labs

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