What can your period tell you about the state of your health?
Bodyform’s new sanitary towel ad uses red liquid to represent period discharge – about bloody time. Making menstruation more visible in advertising – and conversation – is good for us
Labour calls for immediate end to use of vaginal mesh implants
Sharon Hodgson, shadow public health minister, says use of mesh implants is a ‘public health scandal’ as they have left some women in permanent pain
What to do if you’re a Londoner worried about gonorrhoea? Test yourself, apparently
The bodged handover from personal consultation is a money-saving exercise – when infection rates are rising in the capital, says sex and relationship broadcaster Nichi Hodgson
ITV’s Victoria illustrates how 19th-century sexism helped syphilis to spread
With concealment common and women expected not even to show knowledge of the disease, infection of families by men was widespread across all classes
STI warning as clinics close in London and self-testing is delayed
Six long-established sexual health clinics have shut as part of a move from face-to-face consultations to online services
Can an app really provide effective birth control?
Technology that tracks women’s fertility has been hailed as being more effective than the pill – and without side-effects. Is this a genuine revolution in sexual freedom?
Johnson & Johnson vaginal mesh presentation featured lingerie-clad women, court told
More than 700 women say the implants have ruined their lives, as Johnson & Johnson faces a class action in Australia
Women’s rights are on the retreat yet again. Why?
Donald Trump’s ruling making it easier for companies to opt out of providing free birth control highlights the need for vigilance
Vaginal mesh lawsuit: executive denies prioritising Johnson & Johnson interests
Vice-president denies playing down adverse effects during proceedings brought by hundreds of Australian women
Why last night’s VD-laced episode of Victoria should worry modern audiences
The Victorians feared the moral and physical implications of venereal disease, but the problems of untreatable infection and inadequate health provision are all too familiar to a modern audienceSpoiler alert! Plot points from Victoria are revealed in this blog