As a doctor, it can be hard telling a patient they are HIV positive. When a person goes in for an HIV test at a clinic, like the Be Well Clinic in Berkley, they meet with a trained consultant who will ...
This year’s National HIV Testing Week has begun with Prime Minister Keir Starmer becoming the first serving UK prime minister to take a public HIV test. Starmer took the rapid home test at 10 Downing ...
A major court battle over Kenya's certification of HIV and AIDs test kits is looming. The Ministry of Health is accused of failing to apply World Health Organization (WHO) standards while conducting ...
Drug-related problems in HIV treatment are prevalent, affecting treatment effectiveness and safety, with 99.7% of patients experiencing at least one DRP. Treatment safety was the most frequent problem ...
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 ...
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 ...
If you’ve ever wondered about your HIV status but haven’t gotten the test for whatever reason—time, cost, anxiety—now is your chance to bypass at least some of these concerns. It’s super easy to fill ...
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 ...
Federal funding for a program that used dating apps to connect people with free HIV home tests – identifying nearly 7,000 new cases since its start in 2022 – has been canceled. The Together Take Me ...
The actor announced his HIV-positive status in November 2015. — -- Charlie Sheen's 2015 announcement that he was diagnosed with HIV years earlier seems to have sparked higher interest in testing ...