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UTIs and Your Period: What You Need to Know

What to Know About PrEP Now

The medication that prevents HIV is more accessible than ever—catch up on the headlines here.

Your Guide to Emergency Contraception

The Nurx medical team created this guide to help you understand whether to take emergency contraception if you're using another birth control method.

What You Need to Know About UTI Antibiotics

Guide to UTIs: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Why Don’t Male Birth Control Pills Exist?

Every unplanned pregnancy starts with a penis — so why aren’t there more birth control options for men? 

How to Have Sex with Herpes

Sex educator Cassandra Corrado helps you navigate intimacy after a herpes diagnosis.

What LGBTQ+ Sexual Health Should Look Like

With more people than ever identifying as something other than cis-hetero, both individuals and medical providers need a more expansive understanding of sexual health.

3 Vibrator Myths to Forget

It’s time to say “buzz off!” to these pervasive misconceptions.

6 Morning-After Pill Facts

Everyone's talking about emergency contraception right now, but we need to separate truth from rumor about this pregnancy prevention tool.

Summer Skin Protection Guide

An MD reveals 7 sunscreen rules, busts 3 myths, and discusses the vitamin D controversy — to help you take care of your skin all season.

Migraines and Birth Control

Does the pill make migraine headaches better or worse? A Nurx medical provider has answers.

Advice from the Nurx Nurses

Quiz: Hormones and Headaches

Test your knowledge of the tricky relationship between migraine, menstruation and female hormones.

Meet Dr. Samantha Brown Parks

This multi-talented medical provider shares the wackiest health myth she had to confront, what she wishes her younger self had known, and more advice for Nurx patients.

3 Questions About Sexual Assault I Hear a LOT

Our contributing sex educator shares frequent questions about sexual assault, with answers for survivors, allies, everyone.

Tips from a Top Dermatologist

Meet Nurx dermatology advisor Dr. Marie Leger as she shares insights on skin health, the worst DIY treatment and what she loves about what she does.

Two Ways to Delay Your Period

Need to prevent bleeding from taking the edge off of a vacation or big event? Doctors on the Nurx medical team explain your period-stopping options.