Queer dating and social networking app Grindr will now offer a feature that will allow users to opt-in to discreet and automatic reminders to get an HIV test every three to six months. Announced on Monday, the reminder feature will let users receive a notification in their Grindr inbox, where they are then given the option to find an HIV testing facility nearby and update their profile. “Grindr’s making it as easy to get tested as to find a date,” said Dan Wohlfeiler, director of public health consortium Building Healthy Online Communities, in a press release. “Getting tested regularly for STDs, including HIV is one of the most important things a guy can do for his own health, and his partner’s.”The three-to-six-month span is the suggested testing window recommended by the CDC for sexually active gay and bisexual men, with at least once a year being the baseline.

Source: Huffington Post March 27, 2018 16:07 UTC