Testing.com Announces Best Free STD Testing Organizations in Austin, TX Share Article Leading lab testing resource shares screening and treatment options for residents as the city reports higher than average rates of STDs. SEATTLE (PRWEB) March 09, 2021 Testing.com, a trusted informational guide for medical lab testing and at-home screening, has published a report on the increasing STD cases and resources for addressing this issue in Austin. Research experts at Testing.com also evaluated top local organizations with free or low-cost health screening options for residents. According to the report, three most common STDs reported in Augusta are chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. In Texas, the rate of reported chlamydia cases in 2018 dropped by 1 percent compared to 2017, but it increased in Travis County by nearly 3 percent while the number of gonorrhea cases reported between 2011 and 2018 increased by over 130 percent, from 1,482 to 3,423. In 2018, a total of 12,900 cases of syphilis were reported in Texas, which was an increase of about 109% over the number of cases reported in 2011.