The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continues to increase dramatically in our country. The most common are gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. As we have previously reported, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 450 million new cases [...]
Sexually transmitted infections in Spain According to the latest available data, in 2019, more than 36,000 diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) subject to epidemiological surveillance were reported, with an increase observed in all STIs in recent years. The pattern [...]
On September 21, within the Spanish Parliament’s Equality Commission, the Minister of Equality of the Government, Ms. Irene Montero, made controversial statements regarding the new law on sexual and reproductive rights promoted by her Ministry. Her words are reproduced verbatim [...]
STDs epidemic out of control: “STIs remains an underfunded and comparatively neglected field of public health practice and research” The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently published its annual report (April 13, 2021), entitled “Reported STDs [...]
In 2018, our Observatory published a brief news article, entitled “Chemsex on the rise among homosexuals. How will it affect public health?”. The piece, which was based on a BMJ report, concluded that, “Various authors have called for chemsex to [...]
Only in the U.S.A., 58% are being circumcised. This procedure is considered medically “questionable, unproven and irrelevant” by an independent international panel A hotly debated issue is concerning the ethics of circumcision of boys when they are unable to give their [...]
HIV transmission If HIV carriers are adequately treated with antiretroviral drugs and have achieved sustained viral suppression (BII), the risk of HIV transmission in serodiscordant couples can be virtually eliminated which means that having a healthy child is now is [...]
We reported the increase of STD in western countries that reached their historical peak and continue to grow – STD silent epidemic. Governments and supranational entities cannot stop their progress. Above we selected the more relevant of them: The silent [...]
HPV vaccination need appears to be a incontrovertible medical and ethical issue The issue of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination gives rise to a lively debate, not only medical but also ethical and social. Read our report HERE. Now, a [...]
A new issue of bioethical debate raised about how to prescribe extreme sex offenders to avoid new crimes when they are released. At least eight States allow chemical castration. Now Alabama joins these states. and some sex offenders could be [...]
Based on research that has found links between pornography and ‘mental and physical illnesses,’ among a host of other societal and individual ills, Arizona yesterday declared pornography a public health risk* – a year after Florida did the same. Republican [...]
In China and India, men outnumber women by 70 million. Both nations are belatedly trying to come to grips with the policies that created this male-heavy generation. Nothing like this has happened in human history. A combination of cultural preferences, [...]
