Senate approves revised version of STD bill - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

"A proposed law on its way to the governor's desk would allow some people with sexually transmitted diseases to treat themselves with an antibiotic, even if they don't seek medical treatment.

Under the practice, called 'expedited partner therapy,' medical professionals who treat an individual for gonorrhea or chlamydia also may give the patient a single-dose antibiotic to pass along to his or her sexual partner.

The idea is to prevent partners from re-infecting one another after one of them seeks medical attention."