Male condoms are 98% effective with perfect use and 85% effective with typical use. Female condoms are slightly less effective — 95% with perfect use and 79% typically. People make mistakes with ...

College students are having sex with more partners but using condoms less. Although 80 to 90 percent of college students report being sexually active, only one-third use condoms consistently and ...

This story was reviewed by Kelly Brown MD, MBA. Wearing a condom is a great way to prevent pregnancy and the only option for protecting against STIs and STDs (besides abstinence). But they’re not ...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — It’s hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym. Some University of Mississippi students walking past after their workout snicker and point, and the ...

It’s not news that porn can influence sexual behavior. But evidence shows that porn is stepping in where sex education is failing, in some cases. Specifically, when it comes to condom use. A study ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two UK surveys, 10 years apart, indicate that there's been a substantial increase in the rate of condom use, particularly among young people. However, condom use is ...

My initial knowledge of condom failure rates came from that iconic episode of Friends where Rachel tells Ross that she’s pregnant. “We used a condom,” he says. She responds, “I know, but, you know, ...

Some International Condom Day news: the Olympic Village at Milan Cortina, Italy, the site of the 2026 Winter Olympics ran out of free condoms within just three days.