National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is an annual, nationwide observance that sheds light on the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and…
At some point you just want to scream. Last week CDC published STD surveillance data for 2014 that point to the same trends we’ve been…
Cancer can be isolating, and it’s easy to see where friends and family members who haven’t personally dealt with cancer—and if they have, probably haven’t…
Cervical cancer screening used to all be so simple—women were told just go for your annual Pap. But now we have new tests to screen…
September is Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated that this year more than 113,500 women will be diagnosed…
Most sexually active individuals are estimated to have one or more infections in their lifetime with the human papillomavirus (HPV) and, not surprisingly, ASHA receives…
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a common sexually transmitted infection. So common that most (~80%) of sexually active people will be infected with HPV at…
PrEP PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis. The word prophylaxis means to prevent or control the spread of an infection or disease. The goal of PrEP…
HPV vaccines do far more than prevent cervical cancer. In December 2014, the FDA approved Merck’s Gardasil 9® vaccine for males and females. The vaccine…
[youtube id=”X-qNGAJ1jiM”] ASHA recognizes each February as National Condom Month. Follow us all month long at #CondomMonth and take advantage of everything we offer: How…