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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite life-altering advances in HIV treatment and recent decreases in the number of AIDS diagnoses and deaths within the US, thousands of Americans continue to die from HIV/AIDS each year. One of ...

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.