When should I start talking with my kid about sex and relationships? Research tells us that kids and teens who have regular conversations with their parents and caregivers about sex and relationships ...

Anybody who has oral, anal, or vaginal sex, or genital skin-to-skin contact with another person can get STDs — in fact, most sexually active people get one at some point in their life. STDs don’t ...

First things first: What exactly should sex education cover and when? If you want the short version, check our table. If you want the long version, check out the National Sex Education Standards.

Like rubber bands, condoms can weaken with age, making them more likely to break. You can find the expiration date stamped on both the outer box and on the edge of the individual wrapper. If properly ...

The Trump Administration has explicitly stated that it intends to “defund” Planned Parenthood. This April, Trump and Elon Musk announced that they are withholding Title X funding. This is the first of ...

St. Paul, MN—Over two million Americans across the five-state region could be stripped of access to essential and affordable health care under a new plan released late Sunday by U.S. House Republicans ...

Hormonal birth controland any type of birth control does involve some potential risks. But, when we're talking about the risks of birth control -- it's not the risks of birth control versus nothing -- ...

Someone asked us: I have a lot of itching in my private parts, inside my vulva. I scratch it and my skin breaks. I don't have any discharge or bad odor, just itching and my private parts are very dry.

The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1994, authorizes criminal penalties and civil remedies for injuring, interfering with, obstructing, or ...

The nurse in the emergency department was dismissive and cold as I begged for help — the same way she had been the day before. And the day before that. She scolded me for taking Zofran, prescribed to ...

If you’ve been with us for a while, you’ve probably heard me describe PPHP as an organization made up of three pillars: health care, education, and advocacy. We need all three pillars to be successful ...

Summer isn’t just about glowing skin — it’s also the perfect season to feel vibrant down there. Many people don’t know that as your body ages, your vagina changes too. In fact, throughout your life, ...