Tag: MSM
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Gay men asked to be alert as monkeypox cases rise to 7 in UK
Gay and bisexual men are being urged to be alert to unusual rashes or lesions after four new cases of the monkeypox virus were confirmed by UK health authorities, taking the total number of infections in the country to seven since the first case emerged earlier this year.
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New Zealand: Sex study aims to improve blood donation policy, HIV prevention
Health researchers are hoping an ambitious new study will change what they say are unfair blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men.
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Researchers seek ‘hidden’ cohort of Irish men having sex with men
A European-wide survey of sexual health and practices of men is urgently asking men who have sex with men to complete the latest version of their survey. With a particular focus on those who do not identify as gay or bisexual.
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Time To Talk About Oral Cancer Claims Top Dentist…
An increase in the number of men diagnosed with cancers in the throat and mouth may be linked with oral sex, a top dentist has warned.
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MEP gets HIV test, calls for focus on key populations, including MSM and trans people
This morning, Co-President of the LGBTI Intergroup Daniele Viotti MEP got an HIV test in the framework of the European HIV/hepatitis testing week.
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Fearing 40% hike in the spread of gonorrheas among gay and straight teenagers
We have had cases all the way down to the age of 14, “says Øivind Nilsen at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet). The gonorrheas disease increases dramatically in Norway.