Cervical cancer

ABSTINENCE ONLY

Doctors recommend that teens get vaccinated against the cancer-causing HPV before they are sexually active. But that sort of frank sex-ed could be at risk under our new education czar.

PHONE IT IN

When is a selfie not narcissistic? When it’s used to detect one of the leading causes of death in the developing world. It turns out that cellphone photos are one of the best ways possible to effect early diagnosis.

TO TELL OR NOT TO TELL

HPV is the most common STD in America, but we still aren’t talking about it. Part of it is the shame associated with the virus, and part of it is the lack of education.

Wrap It Up

April is STI Awareness month—a month that Trojan has swooped in and taken ownership of. Using these four weeks to promote condom use is a good thing, right? Not exactly.