Kinsey Confidential Posts Tagged With 'human papillomavirus'

  • Q&A: I Have Genital Warts. Will I Ever Be Able To Have Sex Again?

    Bacteria Plate

    Yes, it is indeed ethical and common to have sex after having been diagnosed with genital warts, which are caused by HPV.

  • Q&A: HPV And Genital Warts: Are They Contagious?

    HPV on ThinPrep

    HPV is extremely common and, although most sexually active women and men have been exposed to HPV, not everyone who has HPV knows that they have it.

  • Q&A: Pregnancy And Infection Risk From Lesbian Sex

    A question from a female reader about possible pregnancy and infection risk from sexual contact with another woman

  • Q&A: Genital Warts Treatment And HPV Transmission

    This reader was recently diagnosed with genital warts. What should he do now about treatment and prevention of spreading his HPV to future partners?

  • Gardasil: A New HPV Vaccine And The Human Papillomavirus

    Gardasil is a new vaccine that can prevent four strains of HPV that are related to many (but not all) cases of cervical cancer and genital warts.

  • Pap Tests And HPV Information

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently created a new website providing information about the HPV test and Pap tests

  • Q&A: Common Sexually Transmissible Infections And Their Symptoms

    Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a reader's question about the risk of sexually transmissible infections (STIs), their symptoms, and which STIs are the most common.