Health Care. STDs are at record levels. It could get much worse. People with already high risk for HIV could lose access to free PrEP and testing.

Most state laws related to STDs address HIV specifically. According to the CDC, 34 states make it a crime to expose someone else to HIV. In 13 states, you have to tell your sex partners if you ...

Here are some specific STD treatments: HIV /AIDS: Since AIDS is not curable, treatment focuses on keeping HIV levels in check. Antiretroviral drugs are the standard therapy for HIV infection, ...

Since 2011, KFF’s Greater Than HIV and Walgreens National HIV Community Partnership has provided more than 82,000 free HIV tests through the in-store NHTD program, including over 15,000 self ...

STDs involving chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis declined 1% from 33,725 in 2019 to 33,252 in 2020, while new HIV infections dropped 18% from 276 in 2019 to 226 in 2020 — despite the discovery ...

In Buncombe, the rates of chlamydia, another STD, have stayed largely steady from 2015 to 2022, while gonorrhea infections have risen, from 119 cases per 100,000 to 140. Syphilis infections ...

Health Care. Obamacare back in court as Texans challenge coverage for STDs and HIV care The GOP’s decade-plus war against the health law continues with lawsuit over coverage requirement for ...

ALABAMA (WHNT) — The Alabama Department of Public Health is renewing the STD/HIV At-Home Specimen Collection initiative. Testing kits will be available for order beginning May 1. The ADPH ...

As testing for HIV and STDs increased, so did the number of positive cases in Kern County. In fact, in 2022 Kern County Public Health saw 200 positive cases of HIV a 114% increase from 20 years ago.