How you offer patients an HIV test has a significant impact on the likelihood of them accepting tests, finds a study published by The BMJ today. In the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate ...

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 ...

HealthDay News — “Opt-out” testing could significantly increase the number of patients who agree to be tested for HIV, according to research published online in The BMJ. The study, which involved 4 ...

For its National HIV Testing Day event on June 27, Walgreens will provide free testing for HIV and other STDs at a record 550 stores. No appointment is needed to get the tests, which typically provide ...

This summer may be the time to get an HIV test checked off your to-do list finally. June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, a day to raise awareness about the importance of HIV testing and promote local ...

HIV is the acronym for human immunodeficiency virus. HIV can only spread through bodily fluids like breast milk, blood, semen, pre-cum, rectal fluids, and vaginal fluids. The initial symptoms of HIV ...

National HIV Day is on Thursday, June 27. DAP Health hosted free rapid HIV testing at multiple Walgreens locations -- blood draws with results available in 20 minutes. Tens of thousands of people ...

Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with either HIV or hepatitis B since A&E departments across the Midlands started routine testing - a process said to be "quite literally saving lives". The ...