New clinic offering HIV, STI testing opening in Montgomery Co.

New clinic offering HIV, STI testing opening in Montgomery Co.

Montgomery County will begin offering HIV and STI testing at a new clinic in Germantown, Maryland, starting Monday. Beth Beck, HIV/STI Preventive Program Manager with Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services, said she knows it’s not easy for anyone to walk into a clinic setting to get tested for sexually transmitted infections. A sign outside the clinic which opens on Oct. 9, 2023. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Patients, she said, “are sca…