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Tracking Sexually Transmitted Infections During A Pandemic

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7min 15sec
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For the last year, public health officials have been focused on the spread of COVID-19. But heading into the pandemic, Colorado was facing a different trend in disease. Of the sexually transmitted variety. Dr. Karen Wendel, director of HIV/STI Prevention and Control at Denver Public Health, talks about the challenges of tracking STIs and the frustration the pandemic has caused when it comes to treatment and prevention.