Linn County Public Health is offering free HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis C rapid testing from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at several public health sites throughout the county.
Between 2018 and 2023 some 27 new cases of HIV were reported in Linn County, the seventh highest rate of new diagnoses in Oregon. In 2022, Linn County reported 63 cases of syphilis and two cases of congenital syphilis.
The confidential and HIPAA-compliant testing…