• The department is offering free in-person testing for Orange County residents at three Orlando sites this week.
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• The scientists believed that the HVTN-702 vaccine would protect people from infection. But the trial was halted this year. Here’s why — and what comes next.
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• April is STD awareness month, and the Florida Department of Health is offering free STD testing at locations across the state. Chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV cases are all on the rise in Florida.
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• A bipartisan bill that would have expanded needle exchanges throughout the state died in the Florida House last spring, but there are calls to resurrect it during the new legislative session.
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• People who use illegal intravenous drugs or who have unprotected sex with multiple partners should get tested at least once a year. That’s according to Dr. Kevin Sherin, director of the Department of Health in Orange County. He says the test is quick.
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• One of the largest health care providers for people living with HIV in South Florida might lose its contract. Protests are planned in Fort Lauderdale.
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• The Florida Department of Health has lowered the number of people who caught HIV in Florida, but the move hasn’t come without controversy.
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