STAT

HIV self-testing is easy, effective — and underutilized

Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Intervention Increases HIV Testing Uptake in Men, Study Finds

Men who had sex with men had increased HIV testing after participating in an intervention. An intervention helped improve the number of men who had sex with men (MSM) who took an HIV test, according ...
Rutgers University

Why Ask for an HIV Test? To Start the Conversation – and End an Epidemic

By championing the simple phrase “Ask for an HIV Test,” experts with the Rutgers School of Nursing’s François-Xavier Bagnoud ...

On Long-Term Survivors Day, spread the word on HIV testing: Robert Toth and Naimah O’Neal

By working together, we can end HIV, writes guest columnists Robert Toth is a longtime local HIV/AIDS activist and Naimah ...
CNET

HIV Testing: How to Get a Free Home HIV Test, Who Should Take One and More

A study finds promising results on a new HIV prevention drug that's injected just twice a year. In the meantime, here's everything to know about HIV testing. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Over-the-Counter HIV Test Approved for Adolescents

The test stick is swabbed along the upper and lower gum once and placed into the test tube for 20 minutes before reading the results. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval ...
Rolling Out

Non-reactive HIV test might not mean what you think

Sample blood collection tube with HIV test label on HIV infection screening test form. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Room's Studio) A non-reactive HIV test result generally means good news – you ...