American Sexual
Health Association

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September is Sexual Health Month

Each year, the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) celebrates World Sexual Health Day on September 4th, and the theme for the 2024 observation is Positive Relationships. During Sexual Health Month in September, we’re taking up the call from WAS to talk about positive relationships.

Latest News and Updates

UTI from sex

Can I Get A UTI From Sex?

You can get a UTI from sex, but it’s not what you think. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are not sexually transmitted infections, but they can be a result of sex,

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FDA Approves First At-Home Syphilis Test 

The FDA recently approved an at-home test for syphilis that can provide initial results in just 15-minutes. Syphilis has been surging in recent years with the number of cases rising 80% between 2018 and 2022 alone.

Condom covers with the text of No need to be a gold medalist to wear it! On the field of love, play fair, ask for consent.

Sexual Health Lessons from the Olympics

For a brief fortnight or so, the youth of the world are gathered in France to compete as comrades united by the Olympic banner (more or less, we can dream). They’re also knocking boots, and the condoms distributed by the organizing committee have some extra