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 ...

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 ...

The first year of a £20 million 3-year programme to roll out opt out HIV testing in emergency departments in the areas in England of highest diagnosed HIV prevalence identified almost 2000 people with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Health Department is recommending that all emergency room patients be tested for HIV to address high incidence rates, especially among young people in the community.