Brew Health: Cheaper Female Condom

The second generation female condom will soon be available in the US for less! The condoms are 30% cheaper than the original female condom. And, reportedly, they are more user-friendly.

African American and Latino women are infected with HIV at disproportionately alarming rates. It's always best to be in control of your own reproductive health and, honestly ladies, these really aren't that difficult to use.

The new female condom is made from synthetic rubber instead of the polyurethane used in the old ones.

The female condom hasn't really taken off in the US but it is widely used in foreign countries. Health organizations already have the new condom but DC-area CVS stores will begin carrying it in December.