STDs

US: Gonorrhea, syphilis cases rise as stay-at-home orders recede

Public health experts discussed how nationwide trends of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis testing and diagnosis have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual roundtable as part of the 2020 STD Prevention Conference September 14.

Ireland: Calls for sexual health clinics to reopen as COVID levels remain low

Activist groups and doctors have called for sexual health services to reopen across the country as Ireland emerges from lockdown. Upon the outbreak of COVID-19, many public sexual health clinics across the country have been closed entirely with few operating at a reduced capacity.

Switzerland: Lesbian is still a big word

This week in Geneva, a round table highlights the invisibilisation of lesbians in our society. Meeting with journalist Alice Coffin, who talks about the lack of representation, the danger of hypersexualising clichés of the pornographic industry, and the importance of access to the media discourse