Rutgers University

Why Ask for an HIV Test? To Start the Conversation – and End an Epidemic

By championing the simple phrase “Ask for an HIV Test,” experts with the Rutgers School of Nursing’s François-Xavier Bagnoud ...
Rolling Out

Non-reactive HIV test might not mean what you think

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 ...
The Conversation

HIV self‑test kits are meant to empower those at risk − but they don’t necessarily lead to starting HIV treatment or prevention

Regular testing for HIV protects you and those around you. pixinoo/iStock via Getty Images Plus In 2016, the World Health Organization recommended HIV self-test kits as a way for people to ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Over-the-Counter HIV Test Approved for Adolescents

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 ...
Healio

Triple testing for HIV, HBV, HCV at once would help identify more cases across populations

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Triple testing for HIV, HBV and HCV would identify an additional five HBV and three HCV cases for each HIV case.