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# STI

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# sexual health
HSE to spend up to half a million on STI home-testing pilot project
The HSE currently provides public STI services through clinics around the country.
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Feb 6th 2020, 6:10 AM
# HIV
'A significant gamechanger': PrEP programme to reduce HIV rates being rolled out from today
The pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment is the most recent development in the field of HIV prevention.
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Nov 4th 2019, 6:10 AM
# STI
First-ever chlamydia vaccine trial offers hope of treating infection 'epidemic'
An early stage clinical trial proved successful but a vaccine will not be on the market anytime soon.
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Aug 13th 2019, 6:30 AM
# wake up call
One million new cases of STIs every single day, World Health Organisation says
Dating apps are adding fuel to the fire of complacency when it comes to using protection, the WHO said.
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Jun 6th 2019, 9:26 PM
# Safe sex
7% increase in STIs in Ireland between 2017 and 2018, new data suggests
The prominent STIs were chlamydia, gonorrhoea, genital herpes and syphilis.
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Apr 9th 2019, 10:04 PM
# Safe sex
'The worst I've seen yet': Concern as number of HIV and STI diagnoses rise this year
A total of 11,078 STI diagnoses have been reported so far this year.
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Nov 16th 2018, 12:05 AM
# chemsex
How one drug can make sex euphoric, but also destroy lives
G is highly addictive and its use in Ireland is becoming more common.
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Sep 12th 2018, 12:05 AM
# living with hiv
'My fear was what if the baby had HIV. When I had my daughter, thank god, she was HIV negative'
A new report details concerns Irish mothers had after being diagnosed with HIV.
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May 4th 2018, 6:15 AM
# England
Man with world's first recorded case of treatment-resistant super-gonorrhoea cured
Drugs that are normally effective in treating the disease didn’t initially work for this man.
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Apr 20th 2018, 3:36 PM
# Deep clean
Listerine can help kill off gonorrhoea says new study
The mouthwash may have “serious public health implications” in controlling gonorrhoea say researchers.
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Dec 20th 2016, 1:28 PM
# Gonorrhea
University of Limerick working with HSE after 'outbreak' of STIs on campus
There have been 14 cases in UL.
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Dec 14th 2016, 5:08 PM
# Safe sex
HPV vaccine will soon be available to gay men
The HSE vaccinates thousands of schoolgirls against the virus each year.
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Dec 12th 2016, 8:21 PM
# NO MORE
'It's an epidemic': Activists use World Aids Day to warn that the disease continues to spread
There were 273 new HIV diagnoses in the first six months of this year.
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Dec 1st 2016, 6:04 AM
# STI Galway
Students at NUI Galway are getting an STI clinic
Rates of STIs in Ireland are highest among under-25s.
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Jun 27th 2016, 1:41 PM
# STI
Super-gonorrhoea a 'serious threat' in Ireland
The HSE says it’s something they’ve been taking seriously for a long time.
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Apr 18th 2016, 2:34 PM
# Pennsylvania
Teacher accused of giving two students the same sexually transmitted disease
25-year-old Chelsea Lorson stands accused of knowingly infecting two of her students, who are brothers.
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Feb 26th 2016, 6:01 PM
# HPV
Men twice as likely as women to get cancers linked to oral sex
Middle aged white men are at particularly high risk compared to other races.
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Feb 15th 2016, 10:29 PM
# know your status
Coffee cups in Dublin are going to urge people to get tested for HIV
To date in 2015, 411 new HIV infections have been detected in Ireland – an increase on last year.
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Nov 23rd 2015, 6:39 PM
# let's talk about sex
Here's how the government is going to help people have safer sex
A whopping 60% of Irish people have never been tested for a sexually transmitted disease.
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Oct 29th 2015, 1:01 PM
# swipe right
There's now a 'Tinder' specifically for people carrying an STI
MPWH (Meeting People With Herpes) aims to unite people suffering from the stigma of the virus, for which there is no cure.
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Sep 8th 2015, 6:07 AM
# wrap it up
Complaint that Ireland AM showed condom being put onto model of erect penis
The complainant said it was “completely inappropriate”.
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Sep 2nd 2015, 6:07 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Have you ever been tested for an STI?
Sexual health specialist Dr Aisling Loy says Irish people still have a very unevolved attitude towards sexual health maintenance.
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Jul 29th 2015, 9:07 AM
# Sex Week
How many times a week? Sex in Ireland by the numbers
The facts (and figures) of life.
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Jul 26th 2015, 9:30 PM
# Safe sex
Teenagers invent a condom that changes colour if you have an STI
It’s all about the molecules.
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Jun 24th 2015, 10:40 PM
# AWAY FROM HOME
Increase in men seeking STI testing after Irish Six Nations games
One specialist said he was also expecting a surge in people seeking appointments for STI screening after next week’s Cheltenham Festival.
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Mar 7th 2015, 7:15 AM
# Up All Night
Hoping to 'get lucky' over the last big Christmas party weekend? Maybe read this first
STI clinics have seen a spike in ‘panicked’ office workers seeking appointments.
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Dec 18th 2014, 6:16 PM
# sexual health
Women need more contraception options to stop unintended pregnancies, HIV and STIs
Approximately 80 million unintended pregnancies occur every year as a result of contraceptive failure and not using any form of contraception.
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Oct 22nd 2014, 7:15 AM
# fertility problems
'To discover you can't have children because of an STI you got when younger is just heart-breaking'
Chlamydia is the number one disease affecting a woman’s chance to conceive and it’s on the increase.
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Aug 29th 2014, 6:15 AM
Voices
Video column: Have you ever been tested for an STI?
Katie Varvos asks why young Irish people aren’t getting STI tests and she even takes one online.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 1:00 PM
# Not Us Sir
Article that blamed chlamydia in New Zealand on Irish builders was "inaccurate"
An article attributed rising sexual disease figures to the presence of Irish builders, but the New Zealand Press Council says that was “discriminatory”.
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Dec 12th 2013, 3:43 PM
# Irish Family Planning Association
More women seeking post-abortion counselling say IFPA
The Irish Family Planning Association have also reported an increase in STI screenings in its 2012 report.
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Dec 12th 2013, 10:00 AM
# HIV Positive
Undiagnosed HIV rates high in Dublin, widespread testing recommended
A new testing programme at the Mater Hospital diagnosed almost three in every 1,000 people with the HIV infection.
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Nov 29th 2013, 12:41 PM
# sexual health
Over 1,000 people in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare have contracted gonorrhoea this year
Rates across the country have risen in the past three years, but the greater Dublin area has been particularly badly hit.
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Nov 13th 2013, 4:37 PM
# Chlamydia
Reilly: Chlamydia screening programme 'would not be cost-effective'
The minister said it would be difficult to achieve te necessary coverage levels to reduce the reservoir of infection in the Irish population.
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Oct 9th 2013, 7:30 AM
# sexual health
Gonorrhoea cases at an all-time high in Northern Ireland
Cases of gonorrhoea are up one third in Northern Ireland, with over 450 people diagnosed with the disease.
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Aug 23rd 2013, 9:19 AM
# sexual health
Most people in Ireland have never had a sexual health test
Almost a third of people in a study said they are not concerned about their sexual health.
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Jul 31st 2013, 7:25 PM
Voices
Column: Why are we getting complacent with our sexual health?
We should know by now that having unprotected sex is not safe, writes Anna Quigley – so why are we engaging in risky sexual behaviour?
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Dec 21st 2012, 6:55 AM
# Chlamydia
Levels of chlamydia rise in Dublin
If you’re partying in Dublin this festive season, be warned that chlamydia’s about.
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Dec 13th 2012, 12:54 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should contraception be free?
Research has found that people are having difficulty meeting the costs of contraception. Should Ireland follow the lead of other countries and make all contraception available free of charge?
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Nov 27th 2012, 10:03 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 The nine stories you need to know this morning.
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Nov 3rd 2012, 9:00 AM
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