Kinsey Confidential Posts Tagged With 'Transmission'

  • The Pros and Cons of Circumcision: Part 1

    Can male circumcision really reduce HIV transmission risk by 60% or more? And how can circumcision be used to battle the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa?

  • Using Simulation To Understand STI Transmission

    Guest Blogger Emily Nagoski gives a primer on 'agent based modeling' and how it may help to predict STI transmission risk.

  • Male Circumcision And HIV-Risk Reduction

    Are you "cut"/"uncut?" Based on some research, it might have an impact on your risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: the results are mixed.

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

    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: Gonorrhea Or Chlamydia From A Soda Cup?

    A podcast busts some myths about gonorrhea and chlamydia. Unfortunately for the reader, this includes her boyfriend's story that he got it from a soda cup.

  • 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?

  • Facts About Chlamydia: Everything You Always Wanted to Know

    A few facts about one of the most common sexually transmitted infections: chlamydia.

  • Q&A: I Gave My Partner Herpes, Now What Do I Do?

    Dr. Debby Herbenick answers a question from a reader who didn't tell her partner about having genital herpes - now the partner has it. What should they do?