STD Prevention

Working to Control the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Oregon

Bicillin L-A Recall and Shortage Announced July 2025
Oregon HAN: Bicillin® L-A Product Recall – Urgent Inventory Review and Clinical Guidance, 7/15/2025
CDC: Voluntary Recall of Bicillin® L-A (Penicillin G Benzathine Injectable Suspension), 7/18/2025

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are passed from person to person through vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Many people with an STI have no signs or symptoms of the infection. The only way to know if you have an STI is to get tested. Some STIs, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, can be cured. Other STIs have no cure but can be managed with treatment. Untreated STIs can cause serious health complications, and some can be passed to a baby during pregnancy. The STD Program provides support for testing and treatment of individuals and their partners.

Get Prevention Supplies

Order free condoms

Get DoxyPEP

Get Tested

Testing sites

Get a free mail-order
STI/HIV test to use at home

Get free HIV/syphilis
testing at a lab near you

Get Treated

Treatment resources

CDC 2021 STI Treatment Guidelines

STI Treatment Guide Mobile App: Download on the App Store or Google Play
Wall Chart
Pocket Guide
Full Guidelines

Oregon STI Data

Download Infographic (pdf)

More Data

Reportable STIs

Congenital Syphilis Crisis in Oregon, Letter from Dr. Pete Singson (OHA, 2025)

Reporting and Guidelines

Doxycycline as STI Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) *NEW*

Letter from Dr. Pete Singson: Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (1/2025)
Oregon Board of Pharmacy Protocol on Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI PEP) (6/2024)
CDC Clinical Guidelines on the Use of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention (6/2024)
NCSD Doxy as STI PEP Command Center: Implementation toolkit, templates, tools, and model policies available

Oregon STI Screening Recommendations

CDC STI Treatment Guidelines (2021)
Disease Case Reporting
2020 Sexually Transmitted Infections National Strategic Plan (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Recommendations for Providing Quality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Services, 2020 (CDC)
Toolkit for Technology-Based Partner Services (CDC)
Oregon Law on Consent for STI/HIV Testing and Treatment of Minors (pdf) (updated April 2025)

About the STD Program

The STD Program works with local health departments and community medical providers to:

Identify and treat STIs
Identify, evaluate and treat newly infected contacts to infectious individuals with STIs
Screen people for STIs based on disease prevalence in the population and individual risk factors.

The STD Program provides technical assistance, clinical consultations, subsidized lab testing programs, STI medications and analysis of public health surveillance data to assist with accomplishing these goals.