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Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria

Chlamydia may spread through the gut to infect new parts of the body

9 July 2019

Chlamydia may be able to spread through the gut after oral sex and go on to cause rectal infections, according to a study of heterosexual men
boy having the HPV vaccine

Refusing boys HPV vaccine saves the NHS cash but is bad science

20 July 2017

A UK advisory committee has decided that it isn’t cost effective to give boys a vaccine that wards off cancer, but that ignores the reality of teenagers’ sex lives

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