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Kiosks in South L.A. to Sell Low-Cost Home STD Test Kits

Kiosks in South L.A. to Sell Low-Cost Home STD Test Kits

Think you may have contracted a bacterial STD recently? Soon, you'll be able to scoot on down to South Los Angeles and pick up a home testing kit to find out for sure. According to CBS News, L.A. county health officials are setting up about eight kiosks in the area that will offer the take-home tests at a lower charge than what a person might pay at a clinic. The effort is intended to combat the fact that our county has the highest rates of chlamydia infections in the country, and the second highest rates of gonorrhea infections. more ›

A Message for Your Captain Winky or Furry Pink Canoe

A Message for Your Captain Winky or Furry Pink Canoe

Ladies and gents, we're glad to hear you're taking our advice and getting your naughty bits checked out, but as a result, there are more cases of STDs like chalmydia being reported nationally. Because screening for women has become better, they are reporting three times as many cases as men. more ›

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