Gonorrhea and chlamydia, two of the most common sexually transmitted infections, have been trending up Orange County and statewide. For the uninitiated, Tinder is a mobile phone app that presents users photos of prospective matches sourced from their extended Facebook networks. It all began when health nonprofit, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, expressed concern with such apps, which are often associated with casual sex and riskier behavior.
Tinder was not amused. But after months of talks, both parties agreed on including the health portal in the app. The occurrence of gonorrhea cases in Orange County was 57 per , people in , the most recent year available, up from 38 per , in The actual number of gonorrhea cases increased by more than 50 percent in that time span. The chlamydia rate was per , people, up from per , The county saw a 15 percent increase in total cases.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia are the two most common sexually transmitted diseases. The statewide Planned Parenthood network has launched new ways to get more people screened, including a mail-in testing service, which launched less than a year ago. Users download the Planned Parenthood Direct mobile app, where they can order a test kit that, at least for now, only checks for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
The test kit arrives in an inconspicuous brown package. You send the kit back with your urine, and the results get delivered straight to the app. Contact the writer: or lleung ocregister. Twitter: LilyShumLeungSpot government waste or a business scam?
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