Stephen Bonett

Feb 27, 2024 | ajpmonline.org | Jungwon Min |Stephen Bonett |Vicky Tam |Spandana Makeneni

: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, routine sexually transmitted infection (STI) screenings decreased, and test positivity rates increased due to limited screening appointments, national-level STI testing supply shortages, and social distancing mandates. It is unclear if adolescent preventive STI screening has returned to pre-pandemic levels and if pre-existing disparities worsened in late-pandemic.