Today health officials announced a $500,000 grant from the MAC AIDS Fund to promote and distribute female condoms in Washington, D.C. The announcement marks an ambitious collaboration of private and ...

While scientists work to find the 'perfect' solution to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, a reasonable option--the female condom--is not being promoted, especially in African and southeast Asian ...

Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted ...

Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. The FDA has approved a new version of the female condom ...

With a new name, the internal condom — once called the “female condom” — will be the most inclusive contraceptive and STI prophylactic on the market. “What’s ‘female’ about the female condom? Nothing!

In a recent study, Washington D.C. was counted among the cities with the highest HIV rates in the country, especially among African American men. The city is responding to the crisis by putting the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Female Health Co has won U.S. approval to market its newer, less expensive female condom, which could help it win over American women as well as boost use in developing ...

It’s all female condom all the time this week on the Sexist. Female condom in a rubber vagina! Female condom in the anus! But despite the exhaustive orifice coverage (do not insert the female condom ...

On the surface, it seems like a fine idea; reproductive-rights groups certainly think so. In July the Ugandan government announced that, using cash from the U.N. Population Fund, it would distribute ...

Liberals want fewer unintended pregnancies and more empowerment for women. Conservatives want fewer abortions. Everybody wants to reduce HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. We can keep ...

Female condoms, or internal condoms, are an often neglected type of contraceptive with several benefits. In many cases, people, particularly men, tend to opt for unprotected intercourse and rely on ...

As a trip to an impoverished Brazilian community shows, women can learn to love the female condom and it can save lives. But more than anything else, education is what is needed. Designing A Better ...