Still time to get a free HIV/STD test

If you’re woeful behind on getting an HIV/STD test, Kansas City’s Health Department is offering free, confidential testing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday to honor National HIV Testing Day, which is actually Saturday.

So if you’re wondering what that sore is, go get it checked out at the Health Department Atrium, 2400 Troost Ave. They’ll fix you up — and also test you for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis, too.

If today’s no good, the Health Department also offers free test Monday through Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. They take walk-ins, but if you want to make an appointment, call 816-513-6379.

It’s a good idea to get checked out, especially after the report earlier this week that Jackson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties have higher rates of AIDS infections than 81.6 percent of the country. JaCo’s HIV rate was also higher than 92.5 percent of the counties in the nation. Men’s Health gave Kansas City a D- for STDs.