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...prevention efforts, especially when they aim their messages at young people, can appear to be a battle between promoting the value of abstinence and touting that of condom use. According to an article in the British Medical Journal, campaigns often miss the obvious. There would be no global AIDS pandemic if people had sex with fewer partners. Yet the role of fidelity--or as researchers call it, partner reduction--is neglected. Limiting sex partners, according to an accompanying editorial, is "good common sense--and good epidemiology...
...junkie who brained Big Bird, steering with one hand and juggling multicolored case files with the other, head swiveling constantly to scan the sidewalks. He drops by a project tower to do a "vertical patrol," which means taking the elevator to the roof and trotting down 16 condom-and-crack-vial-strewn flights to the ground. A crowd of teenagers loiters in front of the entrance. "Let's see how many of these guys break when they see us," Conlon says as he gets out of the car. None do, though we get a catcall of "federal agent!," a reference...
...standards, but they are there to keep us safe and healthy. And hey, if you’re worried about getting hot and heavy with a not-so-healthy mate, be sure to stop by your local movie theater or motel: city law requires that they have coin-op condom vending machines...
...whether by fluke or foolishness—the condom breaks or none is worn at all—unprotected sex happens. And of course, Harvard is no exception, where an estimated 50 percent of students have had or will have had sex come cap and gown...
...usually heeds its committees’ recommendations, it is particularly important for the organization to follow the committee’s advice when it makes its final decision in February. In the three decades during which a woman can bear children, the risk of an accident—a condom tearing or a missed pill—is high. Selling the emergency contraceptive over the counter would provide women with a needed safety net and prevent an accident from turning into a disaster...