The Center for Disease Control estimates that over 250,000 HIV-positive Americans are unaware of their HIV status. Forty-four percent of those aware of their HIV status only discovered it after they ...

June 22, 2007 -- Emergency departments (EDs) should consider integrating rapid HIV testing into their routine medical services to identify patients who are unaware that they are infected with HIV and ...

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The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for individuals as young as 13 to undergo testing for HIV in areas where the disease is particularly prevalent, and for all at-risk teens to be tested ...

A new HIV Medicine study identified several barriers to routine HIV testing in emergency departments and acute medical units in the UK and US. For the study, investigators searched electronic ...

December 23, 2009 — Applying HIV testing guidelines in clinical practice is reviewed in an article published in the December 15 issue of the American Family Physician. "Nearly 1 million persons in the ...

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This week the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement called “Adolescents and HIV Infection.” The title alone garners attention. Teens and HIV? Well, yes, says the AAP, which ...

A new Brown University-led study funded by a National Institute of Mental Health grant used at-home testing kits, some equipped with sensors, to see if people got tested for HIV more regularly.

When Bernard Momanyi took his wife to Kenyatta National Hospital recently, the last thing on his mind was to take a HIV test. Dr Peter Cherutich, the Deputy Director and Head of HIV Prevention at ...

The nation's top public health doctor, declaring current AIDS prevention programs a major disappointment, announced yesterday the Bush administration will begin encouraging doctors to offer routine ...

This fall the federal government is expected to call for routine HIV testing. That would mean doctors and hospitals will offer tests whenever people come in. Many doctors say that would help prevent ...