NEW YORK (Reuters) - A feud between the operator of popular “hook-up” software and a leading sexual health advocacy group was settled on Thursday after the dating site agreed to add links to sexually transmitted disease testing locations. 
 
 The battle between dating site Tinder and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation stretches back to last fall when the Los Angeles based non-profit group put up billboards and advertisements in Los Angeles and New York associating Tinder with sexually transmitted diseases such as Chlamydia and gonorrhea. 
 
 Tinder, which is part of Match Group Inc, owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp, sent a “cease and desist” letter to the group after the billboards were erected. 
 
 Now that Tinder is adding the STD testing locator to its application, the group is removing its billboards and advertisements mentioning the software. 
 
 In a statement, the foundation noted the reasons for its campaign, citing a report on a dramatic rise in STDs in 2014 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
 
 “We are unfortunately now waging an uphill battle on this front,” said Whitney Engeran Cordova, a senior director at the foundation. “The CDC also noted the majority of these infections are affecting young people - the demographic that is on their mobile phones all day long.” 
 
 Tinder on Thursday declined to comment on the cease and desist letter, but said in a statement, “An important aspect of any healthy relationship - whether formed on Tinder or otherwise - is ensuring sexual health and safety. While the CDC, who conducted the largest and most credible study on the topic, has never identified any connection that supports the idea that Tinder usage correlates with, let alone causes, an increase in STDs, we’re of course in favor of organizations that provide public education resources on the topic.” 
 
 A free STD locator from the company Healthvana is available on Tinder’s website under the health and safety section and under the frequently asked questions on the mobile application. ||||| The Health and Safety page ends a dispute that's been going on for months. Late last year, the AHF launched an advertising campaign that featured silhouettes with Tinder and Grindr logos interacting with silhouettes labelled with sexually transmitted diseases. The awareness campaign urged app users to seek out free STD testing, but Tinder took exception to it, accusing the non-profit of "falsely associated Tinder with the contraction of venereal disease." The AHF refused to take down billboards with the advertisement -- but just recently changed its tune. Now that Tinder is linking its users to the Healthvana STD testing locator, the AHF says it plans to remove billboards and advertisements associating Tinder with STDs. 
 
 Tinder's public health page may have been envisioned as a form of damage control, but the company does have a history of promoting good health: in December, the company partnered with the UK's blood and transplant service to raise awareness for organ donation. Sure, its STD awareness campaign may not be quite as altruistic, but it's still a nice gesture.
– In a move Engadget says will help the company "save face," Tinder has added links to an STD testing locator on its dating app and site, ending a monthslong fight with a nonprofit provider of HIV health care and prevention services, Reuters reports. The new locator powered by Healthvana can be accessed via a link in the site's health and safety section, as well as in the FAQ on the mobile app. "Regular testing is critical to staying on top of your health and helping prevent the spread of STDs," the site reads before directing users to the locator, the addition of which Reuters notes was key in getting the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to pull its aggressive ad campaign against Tinder. That campaign, which Engadget notes was designed to get users to seek out testing for possible venereal diseases, has included giant billboards erected in LA and NYC that link Tinder and gay social network Grindr to such STDs as chlamydia and gonorrhea. Now that Tinder has included the Healthvana locator, the foundation says it will take the billboards down and nix any ads bad-mouthing Tinder. "While the CDC … has never identified any connection that supports the idea that Tinder usage correlates with, let alone causes, an increase in STDs, we're of course in favor of organizations that provide public education resources on the topic," Tinder said in a statement Thursday, per Reuters. (In a recent magazine profile, Tinder's CEO talks marriage, sexting, and … living with his parents.)