sexual activity

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“People think you can only get hepatitis B through intravenous drug use or sexual activity, and that’s actually not true,” says Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on infectious diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Studies suggest that notification requirements don’t significantly impact sexual activity or contraceptive use, but they do lead more adolescents to become parents.

From Slate • May 29, 2025

Laws criminalising sexual activity between people of the same sex in English-speaking Caribbean nations were first imposed by the British under their rule in the 1800s, according to a report by Outright.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

It has also been unconstitutional for states to criminalize same-sex sexual activity since the Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024

As a general rule, in the human female, a single ovum is developed and discharged once in about four weeks, during the period of sexual activity.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey