The BV biofilm: why your bacterial vaginosis keeps coming back
The BV biofilm is the sticky shield of Gardnerella bacteria that lets bacterial vaginosis survive antibiotics and keep coming back. Here is what it is and how to tackle it.
Are Black women really more prone to BV?
BV is about twice as common in Black women, often because a diverse, lower-lactobacilli vaginal microbiome is simply a different kind of normal.
Why BV leaves you wide open for STIs
BV strips out the protective bacteria that defend your vagina, and research links it to a higher risk of catching STIs - here is why.
Do or don’t? Douching in BV, AV and yeast infections
Whether douching helps or harms depends entirely on what is already living in your vagina – here is when to skip it and when it has a place.

