Timely HIV diagnosis and treatment are critical to preventing transmission. To help make this happen, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides funding for HIV testing to ...

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, ...

The intervention increased HIV cotesting rates in urgent care and emergency departments, improving diagnosis and care linkage. Electronic prompts for HIV tests during STI evaluations led to ...

An HIV screening test checks to see if you’ve been infected with the HIV virus. About 1.2 million people in the U.S. have HIV. But about 1 in 7 people don’t know their HIV status, and about 40% of new ...

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 ...

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?

The CDC and the World Health Organization have recently made sweeping changes to their guidelines regarding HIV screening. The primary thrust of these revisions is to institute programs that will ...

Everybody deserves access to care. HIV prevention in immigrant and refugee communities requires a nuanced understanding of ...

Imagine a 70-year-old walking into their medical provider's office, their glands swollen and tender. Unbeknownst to them, what they believed to be a minor ailment turns out to be advanced HIV disease.

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 ...