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Learn about sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and breastfeeding from the Office on Women’s Health.

Women often have more serious health problems from sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than men, including infertility. Learn about STIs from the Office on Women’s Health.

Use our birth control comparison chart to help you choose the birth control method that is right for you.

Get information about opportunistic infections and how they affect women. Learn also about medicines, the importance of eating healthy, and getting vaccines.

The most common way HIV is spread is through sex with someone who has HIV. Learn other ways HIV can be spread and ways it cannot be spread.

If you’ve been raped, get medical help. You may need medicine to prevent infection or a possible pregnancy.

Violence against women can have short- and long-term effects on your physical and mental health.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does not recommend routine circumcision because the medical benefits do not outweigh the risks. But parents also need to consider their religious, cultural, and personal preferences when making the choice to circumcise their son.

Preconception health is a woman’s health before she becomes pregnant. It means knowing how health conditions and risk factors could affect a woman or her unborn baby if she becomes pregnant.

Learn about pelvic inflammatory disease from the Office on Women’s Health.