Burlington County Health Department resumes HIV/STD testing - centraljersey.com
Burlington County Health Department resumes HIV/STD testing - centraljersey.com Burlington County Health Department resumes HIV/STD testing - centraljersey.com Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT The Burlington County Department of Health is resuming its confidential screening, testing and education services for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. These services are provided free of charge to county residents. Burlington County Health Director Dr. Herb Conaway said that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has garnered huge amounts of attention, but that the spread of STDs is also a growing health concern. "Rates of STDS were already rising across the United States before the pandemic and we've heard from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention that STD testing has plummeted during the pandemic," Conaway said in a prepared statement. "It's a concern because while most of these illnesses are curable w...