Derrick Burts’ brave stand on HIV
Philip Dayle: The porn industry should lead by example on safe sex – which is why Derrick Burts' call for condom use deserves praise
The gap in our teeth
DD Guttenplan: It is shocking how much the state of someone's smile still reveals about their class
Conservative US Catholics question pope’s shift on condom use
Calls for Vatican to clarify the church's position as opponents say the media misinterpreted remarks
How bedbugs invaded New York
New York City is under attack from a mass infestation of bedbugs that is leaving a trail of itching, sleep deprivation and panic in its wake.
Yoga’s naked commercialism
Stewart J Lawrence: The nude trend is stirring debate about how far yoga, now a multibillion-dollar industry, has travelled from its spiritual roots
US porn industry thrown into crisis after actor tests positive for HIV
Last major HIV panic in California's adult film industry was in 2004 when an actor with the virus infected three colleagues
Veteran affairs: now we must serve them
Seema Jilani: Uncle Sam is glad to wave the flag when sending soldiers to war, but patriotism means doing right by our veterans, too
Sex in the US: the shocking truth
Melissa McEwan: The way a survey is reported, you'd think it's a surprise anyone's having any. This hypocritical puritanism poisons public discourse
Health insurers force children into the ranks of the uninsured
Seema Jilani: The modest measures imposed by healthcare reform have provoked a fierce defence of profit ahead of people's wellbeing
Calling a truce in the war on cancer
Nicolaus Mills: A recent crop of cancer stories suggests that it does not have to be a defeat to admit having a disease one cannot beat