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Taking care of your health includes routine STI testing.

Chlamydia is common, especially for people ages 16–24, and often has no symptoms. 

The good news? Testing is quick, simple, and confidential. 

Who Should Get Tested 

• Sexually active individuals under 25  
• Anyone with a new partner  
• Anyone who wants peace of mind  

Why It Matters 

• Most people with chlamydia have no symptoms  
• Early detection makes treatment simple  
• Protects your long-term reproductive health  

What to Expect 

• Quick and easy testing  
• Private and respectful care  
• Support from a trusted care team  

Ready to get tested? 

Call to schedule an appointment:
Bellaire: 231-533-8649
East Jordan: 231-536-2206 

Not a patient yet? You’re welcome here. 

Testing can be part of your primary care visit, helping you stay healthy now and in the future.

Get Tested. Get Care. Get Support. 

Knowing your HIV status is the first step toward a healthy life. According to the CDC, everyone aged 13–64 should get tested at least once. If you have risk factors (multiple partners, unprotected sex, injection drug use, etc.), regular testing is especially important. CDC 

How to Get Tested or Find Help

• Schedule a HIV screening with your provider.
• If you test positive and need support — from medical care to housing or mental-health services — contact the local Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Provider

You’re Not Alone. Knowing your status is power. Early diagnosis and care can help you live a long, healthy life — and protect the people you love. 

Other Resources: 

Comprehensive Care, Support Services, Free & Confidential Testing in Northern Michigan
The Thomas Judd Care Center at Munson Healthcare offers free, rapid, and confidential HIV testing for residents across 25 northern Michigan counties. Results can be ready in as little as 20 minutes. Munson Healthcare 

Learn about Thomas Judd Care Center (Traverse City)– The Thomas Judd Care Center in Traverse City, provides care to people in northern Michigan living with HIV/AIDS and to those at risk of contracting this infectious disease. The center offers medical care, support services, and prevention services. If you test positive, you’re not alone. The federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program helps uninsured or underinsured individuals living with HIV get access to medical care, medication, case management, housing support, mental health services, and more. 

Learn about PrEVENT Clinic (part of the Thomas Judd Care Center) – The PrEVENT clinic provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), and education with the goal of preventing the spread of HIV in our community and beyond.

Interested in self-testing? Fill out the brief form at this link and they’ll mail you a free, at-home HIV test.

Comprehensive Care & Support Services
If you test positive, you’re not alone. The federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program helps uninsured or underinsured individuals living with HIV get access to medical care, medication, case management, housing support, mental health services, and more. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

If you smoked, this new low-dose CT lung cancer screening test and eligibility quiz could save your life. Take the quiz to see if you should get screened.

Please Join Us

The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable (ACS NLCRT), American College of Radiology® (ACR), Radiology Health Equity Coalition (RHEC), and GO2 for Lung Cancer (GO2) have partnered once again for the fourth annual National Lung Cancer Screening Day (“National LCS Day”) on Saturday, November 8, 2025. As a key initiative of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and in partnership with the ACS NLCRT, ACR, RHEC, GO2, and Veteran’s Health Administration, we are promoting this lifesaving event to help more individuals get screened and raise awareness about lung cancer screening.

The President’s Cancer Panel recommends lung cancer screening as the single most effective strategy for reducing mortality from the disease and helping to close the gap to improve health equity and access to care. To achieve this goal, the President’s Cancer Panel has charged individuals, health systems, and communities with communicating and promoting lung cancer screening.

Over ten years have passed since the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF ) first recommended low-dose CT (LDCT) for lung cancer screening, yet lung cancer screening rates remain low with fewer than 1 in 10 eligible individuals undergoing annual LDCT screening. This is a striking contrast to more established screening tests for other cancers, including screening mammography (about 67%), colorectal cancer screening (about 64%), and cervical cancer screening (around 87%).

Access to and utilization of lung cancer screening has been particularly challenging for rural and racial/ethnic minority groups, who face the following barriers:

• Likely to live more than 30 minutes away from a designated screening center
• May be underinsured
• May have lower health literacy levels
• May have inadequate access to care

Low utilization rates for lung cancer screening present an opportunity for patient and caregiver advocates, community health organizations, medical professionals, cancer centers, health systems, payers, and industry partners to work together to promote health equity, reduce health care disparities, and enhance accessibility to lifesaving and effective lung cancer screening.

To participate, lung cancer screening centers nationwide are being encouraged to open their doors to patients on Saturday, November 8, 2025. Through the promotion of National LCS Day, screening centers are not only extending screening opportunities to those who may be unaware of this effective, lifesaving screening option, they are also increasing awareness of lung cancer screening within their community.

National LCS Day is meant to serve as a catalyst for year-round screening awareness efforts. Rather than waiting until November to work lung screening into their routine, patients and clinicians alike are encouraged to make accessible screening a year-round priority. Please join the lung cancer community for National LCS Day on Saturday, November 8, 2025.

Protecting Your Vision, One Exam at a Time

Annual Diabetic (DM) Retinal Eye Exams are now available at both the Bellaire and East Jordan Family Health Centers and can be scheduled with your regular provider visit.

For people with diabetes, this exam is an essential part of managing your health. High blood glucose levels can damage the tiny blood vessels in your eyes, leading to vision problems or even blindness if left untreated. The sooner these changes are detected, the sooner you and your care team can act to protect your vision.

Our RetinaVue 700 Imager provides high-quality retinal images in less than 30 minutes—no eye drops or special preparation needed. The camera is designed to capture detailed images without chemical dilation for most patients, offering a comfortable, convenient way to screen for diabetic eye disease. If the images are not clear enough due to cataracts or very small pupils, your provider may refer you to an eye specialist for a traditional dilated exam.

Images are reviewed by a board-certified ophthalmologist, and results are shared directly with your provider for a complete picture of your eye health.

Benefits:

• Detects early signs of diabetic eye disease
• Comfortable, quick, and non-invasive
• No chemical dilation usually needed
• Available at both Bellaire and East Jordan locations
• Can be scheduled with your annual or diabetes exam

Please note: Retinal imaging at our health centers is available only for patients with diabetes. If you are not diabetic but would like to schedule a routine eye exam, we encourage you to contact your local optometrist or ophthalmologist for ongoing vision care.

Protect your eyesight, schedule your annual Diabetic (DM) Retinal Eye Exam today!

from CDC

• Everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 should get tested for HIV at least once.
• People with certain risk factors should get tested more often.
• Most HIV tests are available for free or at a reduced cost.
• Visit gettested.cdc.gov to find HIV testing in your area.

Why get tested

The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Knowing your HIV status gives you powerful information to keep you and your partner healthy. If your test result is positive, you can take medicine to treat HIV to help you live a long, healthy life and protect others. If your test result is negative, you can take actions to prevent HIV.

When to get tested

Everyone ages 13 to 64 should get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care.

People with certain risk factors should get tested more often. You should get tested at least once a year if:

• You’re a man who has had sex with another man.
• You’ve had anal or vaginal sex with someone who has HIV.
• You’ve had more than one sex partner since your last HIV test.
• You’ve shared needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment (for example, cookers).
• You’ve exchanged sex for drugs or money.
• You’ve been diagnosed with or treated for another sexually transmitted infection, hepatitis, or tuberculosis (TB).
• You’ve had sex with someone who has done anything listed above or you don’t know their sexual history.

Did you know? ‎

Before having sex with a new partner, talk about your sexual and drug-use history, disclose your HIV status, and consider getting tested together. Even if you and your partner are having sex only with each other, you should both find out your HIV status.

Gay and bisexual men

Sexually active gay or bisexual men may benefit from more frequent testing (every 3 to 6 months). Talk to your health care provider about your risk factors and what testing options are available to you.

Keep Reading: Fast Facts: HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men

Pregnant people

Pregnant people should get tested for HIV during each pregnancy. Testing pregnant people and treating those who have HIV is a highly effective way to prevent babies being born with HIV.

Testing results

Your test results depend on the type of HIV test and where you get tested.

• With a rapid antibody test, usually done with blood from a finger stick or with oral fluid, results are ready in 30 minutes or less. This includes HIV self-tests used at home or in a private location.
• The rapid antigen/antibody test, done with blood from a finger stick, takes 30 minutes or less.
• It may take several days to receive your test results with a NAT or antigen/antibody lab test. This includes mail-in HIV tests.

Window period

No HIV test can detect HIV immediately after infection. That’s because of the window period—the time between HIV exposure and when a test can detect HIV in your body.

The window period depends on the type of HIV test.

from CDC

• Getting tested for hepatitis C is the only way to find out if you have HCV infection.
• You should get tested for hepatitis C at least once in your life.
• Some people may need periodic testing.
• If you find out you have hepatitis C, your doctor can give you lifesaving treatment.

Why get tested

It is important to get tested for hepatitis C, especially if you think you’ve been exposed. If you do have hepatitis C your doctor can start treatment as soon as possible.

Left untreated, chronic hepatitis C can cause serious health problems, including liver damage, cirrhosis, liver cancer, and even death.

Many people do not have symptoms, so testing is the only way to know if you have hepatitis C.

Are you a health care provider?‎

For clinical testing guidance for doctors, visit the clinical testing page:

Clinical Testing Guidelines

Who should be tested

CDC recommends hepatitis C screening for:

• All adults 18 and older at least once in their lifetime.

• Pregnant people, during each pregnancy.

CDC recommends at least one-time testing for:

• People who currently inject drugs, or even did so once or long ago.
• People who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
• People with abnormal liver tests, liver disease, or who are on hemodialysis.
• People who received blood or organ donations before July 1992.
• People who received clotting factor concentrate before 1987.
• Health care, emergency medical, and public safety personnel after needle sticks, sharps, or mucosal exposures to hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive blood.
• Infants and children born to people with known HCV infection.

CDC recommends periodic testing for:

• People with ongoing risk factors, including people who currently inject drugs and share needles, syringes, or other drug equipment.
• People with certain medical conditions, including those who have ever received maintenance hemodialysis.
• Any person who requests hepatitis C testing.

CDC recommends every adult get tested for hepatitis C.

Testing methods

There are several tests for hepatitis C. Consult with your doctor/nurse to determine the type of test you need.

The first is an HCV antibody test. There are different ways to test for HCV antibodies:

• Lab-based: The doctor or nurse will take a sample of your blood and send it to the lab for analysis, which will take longer to get results.
• Quick test/rapid test: This is usually called a “rapid point of care” test because the doctor or nurse will take a sample of your blood and be able to analyze it in about 30 minutes.
• Home-based: You take a sample of your own blood and send it to a lab to be analyzed.

All three tests look for antibodies to HCV in your blood. Antibodies are proteins produced and released into the bloodstream as a defense when someone gets infected.

Antibody tests are used to find out if you have ever been infected with HCV. If the result is positive or reactive it may not mean that you currently have hepatitis C.

If your antibody test is positive or reactive, the doctor or the lab will automatically do a second test on your blood to see if you still have the virus in your body. This test is called a qualitative nucleic acid test (NAT) for HCV RNA, and it looks for the presence of the virus in your blood.

If you might have been exposed to HCV within the past 6 months, your doctor should order a NAT for HCV RNA rather than an HCV antibody test.

How to get tested‎

Talk to your doctor to get tested for hepatitis C.

Testing results

Based on your results and type of test, you may or may not need follow-up testing.

Non-reactive antibody test result

A non-reactive — or negative — antibody test result means you are not currently infected with HCV. If you don’t have antibodies in your blood, your doctor won’t need to do the follow-up NAT HCV RNA test.

However, if you think you might have been exposed to hepatitis C in the last 6 months, you will need to be tested again for antibodies.

Reactive antibody test result

A reactive — or positive — antibody test result means you have been infected with HCV at some point in your life. Once infected, you will always have antibodies in your blood. This is true if you have cleared the virus, have been cured, or still have the virus in your blood.

If your antibody test is reactive, the doctor will automatically test your blood sample for the virus using the NAT for HCV RNA.

If the NAT for HCV RNA is negative, that means you were previously infected with HCV but it is no longer in your body.

If the NAT test is positive, that confirms you are currently infected with HCV.

Get tested‎

Find fast, free, and confidential testing near you.

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After you get your results

If you do have a reactive antibody test and a positive NAT for HCV RNA, you will need to talk to your doctor about how to stay healthy. There are treatments that can cure most people with hepatitis C within 8–12 weeks.

Resources

For more resources on hepatitis C‎

View our public resources page

Hepatitis C Resources