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Planned Parenthood Launches New STD App!

<div style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; -webkit-letterpress&semi;">&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;">If you&&num;8217&semi;re like most Americans you probably dread going to the doctor for STD testing&period; If that&&num;8217&semi;s you&comma; you might just be in luck&excl; Planned Parenthood Los Angeles just launched a new mobile app for STD testing&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;"> <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;">The app called Planned Parenthood Direct&comma; allows its users to order confidential Chlamydia and Gonorrhea testing on their mobile phone&period; Currently&comma; Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are the two most common STDs in the US&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;"> <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;">The service will run you &dollar;149 and includes a home STD test kit that arrives in discreet packaging&period; All users have to do is mail the samples back to the lab and check their phone for the results&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;"> <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;">If treatment is needed&comma; the app would provide medication at your local pharmacy or Planned Parenthood&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;"> <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;We understand that life gets busy&comma; and this way&comma; consumers can access STD testing without needing to make an appointment&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Jill Balderson&comma; vice president of health innovation at Planned Parenthood&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; rgba&lpar;255&comma; 255&comma; 255&comma; 0&rpar;&semi;"> <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"-webkit-text-size-adjust&colon; auto&semi; background-color&colon; 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