Infectious Disease Advisor

The 3 Types of HIV Testing: What Should Your Patients Know?

What are the three types of HIV tests available to patients, how do they differ, and how can patients determine the best option for them?
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 ...
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 ...
Healio

National HIV self-testing program finds high demand, many testing for first time

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A CDC program to distribute free HIV self-test kits has mailed nearly double the number of tests in its first ...
13abc

UToledo Health to provide free HIV testing for National HIV Testing Day

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - UToledo Health, in partnership with Walgreens and KFF, will provide free and confidential HIV testing on Friday, June 27 as part of National HIV Testing Day. Free testing for ...
Rolling Out

When your negative HIV test means you need another

Receiving a non-reactive HIV test result brings immense relief for most people, but understanding what this outcome truly means requires more than a simple celebration. While a negative result ...
WHYY

As Philly health providers push HIV testing, advocates stress the role of syringe services programs to keep infections down

Prevention Point Philadelphia in Kensington offers HIV testing every day. The organization also has the largest syringe services programs in the city. Kareem Mims, prevention health care coordinator ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

A conversation about HIV funding disruptions with Kirk Grisham, M.P. H. and Vishakh Unnikrishnan, M.P.H., program managers at the O'Neill Institute

Federal grant delays, cancellations, and rescissions are curtailing HIV testing, surveillance, and community engagement, compounded by reduced CDC surveillance activity and an HIV workforce unable to ...