Coverage dated October 1, 2024

Condoms are becoming an afterthought for young Americans

Headline from Anchorage Daily News

The decline in condom use is due to a combination of medical advancements like long-term birth control options and drugs that prevent sexually transmitted infections, plus widely varying levels of sex education in high schools.

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  1. Anchorage Daily News

    Condoms are becoming an afterthought for young Americans (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The decline in condom use is due to a combination of medical advancements like long-term birth control options and drugs that prevent sexually transmitted infections, plus widely varying levels of sex education in high schools.

  2. MyNorthwest

    Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought (opens MyNorthwest)

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    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

  3. Fortune

    Condoms are no longer a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought (opens Fortune)

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    Fewer young people are having sex, but the teens and young adults who are sexually active aren't using condoms as regularly, if at all.

  4. CBS News

    Condom use is declining among younger generations. Here's why it's become an afterthought. (opens CBS News)

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    Fewer young people are having sex, but the teens and young adults who are sexually active aren't using condoms as regularly, if at all.

  5. Green Field Reporter

    Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    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 few who step forward to consider grabbing a condom rethink it when their friends catch up, laughter t…

  6. PBS NewsHour

    Condom use down among sexually active teens and young adults (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Fewer young people are having sex, but the teens and young adults who are sexually active aren't using condoms as regularly, if at all.

  7. MyNorthwest

    Takeaways from AP's report on declining condom use among younger generations (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    Condom usage is down for everyone in the U.S., but researchers say the trend is especially stark among teens and young adults. A few factors are at play

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