With Sexually Transmitted Infections off the Charts, California Pushes at-Home Tests
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January 11, 2022
Item ID: 515739481 Sexually Transmitted Diseases HIV, HBV, HCV, Syphilis STD ,STOP STD

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California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, chlamydia and syphilis — which could help quell the STI epidemic that has raged nearly unchecked as public health departments have focused on COVID-19.

Even before COVID, sexually transmitted infections hit all-time highs in the U.S. and California for six years in a row, according to 2019 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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