U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High

The number of Americans newly infected with the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and syphilis continues to rise, federal health officials reported Tuesday, with chlamydia infections hitting a record million-plus new cases annually.

Ding! You've Got Chlamydia

When I first heard about STD Test Express, a new online provider of testing for sexually transmitted diseases, I was intrigued. The public health graduate in me was cheering for the frankly brilliant marriage of the easily accessible and fairly anonymous internet with an anxiety-producing, often-ignored fact of life: Sex isn't always safe. Condoms break, partners cheat, drunken mistakes happen. Besides, we go online to bank, to watch movies, to Google our date for next Saturday...why not use it for STD testing?