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Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Dim Sum King Says You're Sponge-worthy

    It's no secret that I'm not a fan of the Seattle dim sum scene. Quality here pales in comparison to what you'll find north of the border in Richmond. Going out for dim sum here seems like throwing away good money. So when I saw the low prices at the International District's Dim Sum King, I had to d ... More >>

  • News

    March 7, 2012

    Foursquare for Fucking

    Planned Parenthood invents the latex "check-in."

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Foursquare for Fucking: Planned Parenthood Gets Socially Savvy with Sex Check-ins and QR Condoms

    It's a good night. It's a reeealy good night. So good in fact you feel like shouting to the world "I just had sex!" or dancing in public to Hall and Oates. Now here comes a new opportunity for you to share your celebration with the world (and rate your partner while you're at it) all in the name of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell Rip Obama on Contraception Blocking

    ​Citing his status as the "father of two daughters" President Obama last week endorsed the decision by Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to stop making the "Plan B" contraceptive available for girls under 16 without a prescription. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell now ask WTF?

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Seattle Scientists Inching Toward HIV Vaccine

    Image Source​As our feature story this week makes clear, the fight against HIV/AIDS is far from over. But researchers from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have made significant progress developing a vaccine for the virus, and the Gates Foundation has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    HIV and Depo-Provera in Seattle: What You Should Know

    Image Source​This week's feature story details some fascinating research from the University of Washington about a suspected link between HIV and the birth control shot Depo-Provera. While the contraception is most popular in sub-Saharan Africa, there are a few local connections that should gi ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2011

    Depo Dangers

    What a UW study means for Africa's #1 contraceptive.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    UW Researchers: Popular Contraceptive Makes African Women More Susceptible to HIV

    For many African women, the generic version of the hormonal birth control shot Depo-Provera is a godsend. Just one injection every three months allows them to know with near-100 percent certainty that they will not conceive unexpectedly. In poverty-stricken nations where mothers frequently suffer se ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2011

    Planned Parenthood's Problem

    The clinic is asking pro-choice protesters to stay home.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Expert: 'Functional Cure for HIV/AIDS Within a Decade'--and Seattle Played a Vital Role in Developing It

    The holy grail of HIV/AIDS research: a one-shot cure.​Research into developing a widely available, functional cure for HIV/AIDS is moving at breakneck speed, prompted by the case of a former Seattle man who became the first person ever cured of the virus, and carried out, in part, by Seattle-a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Planned Parenthood Asks Pro-Choice Activists to Put Down Their Pickets

    ​Last Saturday, anti-abortion protesters held a prayer vigil outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in the Central District. It's been monthly affair for a couple years. This time, though, as has been the case for much of the summer, they were met by members of a group that calls itself the Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Regence BlueShield Hit With $100,000 Fine for Screwing Over Women

    ​Wouldn't it be cool if we lived in a state where markets were allowed to be truly free? Where we could choose whichever health insurance plan best fit our needs? And where insurers could choose not to provide legally-mandated contraceptive coverage to women without fear of bureaucrats slappin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Could Seattle Researchers Find a Cure for HIV?

    Timothy Ray Brown, a former Seattle resident, is the first person in the world cured of HIV​A Seattle organization hopes to develop a cure for HIV with the help of a new $20 million federal grant.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Today in Sex: Beware, The One-Eye Can Give You Pink Eye

    ​Who doesn't enjoy a nice facial? I mean, what's sex without a facefull of jizz, amirite? Well, next time your best guy gets ready to unload make sure you either squeeze your peepers shut tight or strap on a pair of goggles, because apparently the one-eye can give you pink eye.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Catching Crabs at Flying Fish

    I'm at the new South Lake Union location of Flying Fish (reviewed three months ago by our Jason Sheehan) when the server sets down an enormous platter of crabs. Crabs! This sex educator thinks back to those scary VD movies of yesteryear. But making this connection would be too easy, too obvious, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Today in Sex: Saving my Hymen for Daddy

    ​Every time I read about one of these über-creepy father/daughter Purity Balls, I thank the itty bitty baby Jesus that my repressed, Irish Catholic dad would rather sear his ears shut with a blowtorch than have a discussion that in any way involves my vagina. For those of you unfamiliar with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Today in Sex: Wrap It Up, Grandpa!

    ​According to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the latest posterboys for STDs aren't zit-riddled, priapic teens, but their gray, grizzled grandpas, brimming with renewed boner-ability thanks to drugs like Cialis and Viagra.

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Load Warriors: UW Scientists Lead the Race for the Long-Delayed Male Birth Control Pill

    ​According to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the latest posterboys for STDs aren't zit-riddled, priapic teens, but their gray, grizzled grandpas, brimming with renewed boner-ability thanks to drugs like Cialis and Viagra.

  • Diversions

    March 24, 2010

    Vasectomy Fact #1: Men Are Nuts About Their Nuts

    ​According to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the latest posterboys for STDs aren't zit-riddled, priapic teens, but their gray, grizzled grandpas, brimming with renewed boner-ability thanks to drugs like Cialis and Viagra.

  • Diversions

    January 20, 2010

    Your Words of Wisdom

    ​According to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the latest posterboys for STDs aren't zit-riddled, priapic teens, but their gray, grizzled grandpas, brimming with renewed boner-ability thanks to drugs like Cialis and Viagra.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    University of Washington Needs Volunteers for Male Birth Control Pill, But What Guy Will Want to Pay For it?

    The current limits of male birth control. But do we really want more options?​Researchers at the University of Washington need volunteers. The UW is one of a handful of prominent facilities working towards the Holy Grail of birth control, the male contraceptive pill, and in order to grasp the ... More >>

  • Diversions

    June 3, 2009

    The Injured Clam

    The current limits of male birth control. But do we really want more options?​Researchers at the University of Washington need volunteers. The UW is one of a handful of prominent facilities working towards the Holy Grail of birth control, the male contraceptive pill, and in order to grasp the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2009

    The Murder of George Tiller

    The murder of George Tiller (can we please stop calling him "late-term abortion provider George Tiller"?) is at one end of a continuum of violence and harassment that many health care professionals endure every day. I know this because my sister works for Planned Parenthood in Minnesota, where she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    The UW Gives You Another Reason to Use a Condom

    Nearly one in three Seattleites who noticed they had genital herpes symptoms continued having sex, according to a recent UW study. The study looked at 236 volunteers who were recently diagnosed with the STD:Women reported pain and men reported lesions as the most frequent and bothersome symptom or s ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2008

    Local Church Starts “Embryo Adoption” Service

    “Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

  • Diversions

    November 28, 2007

    Why This Old-Fashioned Catholic Girl Loves Planned Parenthood

    “Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Health Officials Want to Track HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tape

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • Diversions

    October 31, 2007

    How Can I Stay In a Sexless Relationship Without Feeling Resentful?

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • Film

    September 26, 2007

    Angels in the Dust: Again With Miserable Africa

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • News

    May 2, 2007

    As Drug-Resistant HIV Spreads, Its Implications Are Still a Mystery

    It's far from clear how much alarm is warranted for the HIV "superbug."

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    Petting Zoo

    Washington state's nonexistent sex-education standards have made lips the new zipper. By Nina Shapiro

  • News

    December 27, 2006

    Pressure Drop

    Abortion rates have fallen even more in Washington than nationwide. A possible reason: more guilt.

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    The AIDS Evangelists

    World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians. The key: focus on widows and orphans.

  • News

    June 28, 2006

    The End of Pride

    "Pride parades don't seem like much other than an excuse to get inebriated and find a new hookup."

  • Diversions

    February 8, 2006

    Scary Mary

    "Pride parades don't seem like much other than an excuse to get inebriated and find a new hookup."

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    HIV: Criminal Intent

    Anthony Whitfield was recently convicted in Olympia in one of the nation's worst HIV assault cases. But his prosecution raises serious questions about who is being charged with spreading the AIDS virus and reveals the problems of trying to police private behavior for the public good.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    The AIDS Scare That Wasn't

    Seattle's 'new wave' of HIV infections hasn't materialized.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    'What We Need to Do'

    African-American clergy join their community's fight against AIDS.

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    The new faces of AIDS

    Disproportionately infected, blacks confront the reality that it's no longer a white, gay disease.

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    Why Morning-After Drugs Are Still a Hard Sell

    Washington state set national precedents with progressive policies offering women "morning-after" pills. Despite grassroots PR—and legislation—many women still don't know of the drugs or how to get them.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    AIDS: The Second Wave

    A return to sexually risky behavior prompts an in-your-face response.

  • Arts

    May 22, 2002

    The Nightstand

    Book news and gossip.

  • News

    February 13, 2002

    Love for sale

    A Web site offers help in avoiding all that convoluted rigmarole.

  • News

    November 28, 2001

    Beating the biological clock

    If no more than 20 percent of infertility is age-related, why are doctors trying to freak childless women out?

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    $200 worth of prevention

    A new Seattle nonprofit wants to bribe drug abusing women to not have children.

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Where are the men?

    Gay men's political activism is at a 30-year low.

  • Diversions

    June 21, 2000

    DUMP: The Alternative to EMP

    Gay men's political activism is at a 30-year low.

  • News

    January 27, 1999

    AIDS charity: Patient search

    Gay men's political activism is at a 30-year low.

  • Film

    May 6, 1998

    Touch me, I'm sick

    It's sooo tragic when beautiful young white people die.

  • News

    April 1, 1998

    Hope for herpes—again

    After a major disappointment, UW researchers are again on the trail of a new vaccine.

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