http://wyomingpublicradio.net en http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/health-dept-urges-wyomingites-get-tested-stds <p>Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, and the Wyoming Department of Health is urging sexually active Wyomingites to get tested for STDs.</p><p>Epidemiologist Courtney Smith says it’s easier to contract HIV if you already have another STD.</p><p>“If people are already infected with an STD, it can cause things such as a chancre or a sore that can kind of cause a pathway for HIV to transmit through,” Smith said.</p><p>Smith says that anyone who is sexually active should get tested annually, and adds that they should also get tested any time they have a new partner.</p> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:16:48 +0000 Willow Belden 33465 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net Health Dept. urges Wyomingites to get tested for STDs