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# Sexual Health


## Sexual Health


* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 7, 2019  
## [A Million New STIs Are Contracted Every Day, the WHO Says](https://time.com/5602932/global-sti-rates/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Yolanda Del Amo Sex Intimacy Technology](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f4a9738b3df00db/69893204929fad70acbf0b8c/yoladna-del-amo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 26, 2018  
## [Why Are We All Having So Little Sex?](https://time.com/5297145/is-sex-dead/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 21, 2017  
## [Teenagers Today Are Having More of This Type of Sex](https://time.com/5032544/teen-sex-health/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Amanda MacMillan
* ![sleep-deprivation](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10e557d0c058c8e2/6988ce92bc6cfc53bb3e17fc/sleep-deprivation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2017  
## [10 Things That May Be Wrecking Your Sex Drive](https://time.com/4941274/low-sex-drive/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Health.com
* ![TIME.com stock photos Condoms Sex](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc95ff195039e0a2a/6987788d06f2c104f33333f0/condom-sex-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 10, 2017  
## [14% More Men Are Using Condoms: Study](https://time.com/4893605/latex-condom-birth-control/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin  
* ![Blister Pack Of Pills TIME health stock](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt957d5aaa88776893/6988c12ccf40a85382c47137/time-health-stock-sleep-pills-days.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 22, 2017  
## [More Than Half of Teens Are Having Sex and Most Use Birth Control](https://time.com/4825932/teen-birth-control-use/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![young man surfing on internet and doing shopping](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2a077f2c203885b/6988b049a988ca338c6ba543/guy-with-screen.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 6, 2016  
## [How to Tell if It's Porn or Anxiety That's Ruining Your Sex Life](https://time.com/4586938/how-to-tell-if-its-porn-or-anxiety-thats-ruining-your-sex-life/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 20, 2015  
## [Women Who Sleep More Tend to Have More Sex](https://time.com/3752030/women-more-sex-sleep-study/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Sabrina Toppa
* ![Elderly Couple](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ede2b4109de7947/698782b955a8593146a86323/old-man-woman-hands.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 9, 2015  
## [Decreased Sexual Activity Could Lower Testosterone Levels](https://time.com/3736984/sex-libido-testosterone-levels-older-men/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by David Stout
* ![102758095](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5be1aa7bd3c2167/69876e335f570fddfcb14233/102758095-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 12, 2014  
## [The Second Most Popular Form of Birth Control Will Surprise You](https://time.com/3629748/contraceptives-birth-control-pill/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin  
* ![Birth control pills](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c34fd21c164602c/69876ca7e20a876f1ca83c7b/birth-control.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 4, 2014  
## [How Investing in Women's Sexual Health Helps the Economy](https://time.com/3618269/sexual-health-contraceptions-un-population-guttmacher/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![A copper IUD](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc280a59ef366a8da/6986958be53aba38144d2f04/copper-iud.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 29, 2014  
## [Doctors Recommend IUD Use for Adolescents](https://time.com/3444920/iud-pregnancy/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![Sex Spelled in Alphabet Blocks](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a2d64c5052d2626/69869eed35ba6f67e4c035a7/42-17304022.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 9, 2014  
## [This Sex-Ed Book Is Way Too Sexy, Parents Complain](https://time.com/3094386/sex-ed-teens-fremont-parents-virginity/)  
by Charlotte Alter
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Aug 7, 2014  
## [Waiting With HIV](https://time.com/3089165/hiv-sexual-health-clinic-waiting-room/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Patrick Reynolds
* ![155344110](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3ae13889f640de9/6986853336176082ca90ae01/155344110-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2014  
## [UN Sets Guidelines for How Developing Countries Should Teach Puberty](https://time.com/22603/un-we-need-to-change-how-we-talk-about-puberty/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin

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