Stigma-free online tests offered as sexually transmitted diseases rise in B.C.

Online dating, casual hookups and a decline in safe sex practices due to a diminished fear of HIV/AIDS are factors contributing to rising rates of sexually transmitted illnesses such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and an emerging condition called lymphogranuloma venereum.
Dr. Mark Gilbert of the B.C.Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver. A new program enables people to get requisitions online for sexually transmitted infection testing without having to go to a doctor.
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