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This new Grindr feature could persuade users to regularly get tested for HIV
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Grindr, the most widely-used dating app for gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people at 3.6 million daily users, may have figured out a way to increase the number of millennials who are regularly tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. On Monday, the company announced a new feature on its app that reminds users of all ages to get tested every three or six months.
This new feature is especially important in light of recent findings that show HIV diagnoses in U.S. millennial populations aren’t declining. Overall, HIV diagnoses have flattened out, which isn’t necessarily bad news — but, according to doctors, it’s not good news either. Among young people in the U.S., there are still over 15,000 new reported cases each year. Read more…
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