Baltimore faces an ‘STI emergency’

A West Baltimore clinic that treats and tests thousands of people for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections stopped seeing patients sometime in August. City health officials can’t say when it will reopen. The Druid Sexual Health Clinic is in disrepair, and the staff can only send patients off with an appointment at a clinic across town and a voucher to help pay for transportation. Treatment used to be free to everyone and now comes at a cost.