The life expectancy for a person who is diagnosed and starts antiretroviral treatment rapidly after infection with HIV today probably approaches that of the general population. Yet the European Centre ...

When it comes to sexually transmitted diseases, sharing is definitely not caring. STDs affect approximately 1 in 5 Americans, with nearly half of new cases being diagnosed in patients ages 15 to 24.

Background: Daily, oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV. Few studies have focused on screening high-risk populations for PrEP-eligibility during ...

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 ...

Of 6563 men who have sex with men (MSM) living in urban areas in 2017, only 7.7% reported HIV self-testing in the past year. In 2017, HIV self-testing (HIVST) was relatively uncommon among men who ...

Roy Stevens, a scientist who led the state's development of HIV testing methods, died Thursday at 81. Advertisement Article continues below this ad A Guilderland resident for 55 years, Stevens had ...

In November 2024, the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Health issued a circular directing leaders of hospitals and district health officials to adopt a new HIV testing algorithm that ...

A law signed by Governor Tom Corbett this week will allow for “opt-out” HIV testing in Pennsylvania. The law drops the requirement that patients give written consent before being tested, and allows ...

The global HIV rapid test kits market will grow at a moderate pace during the forecast period. The rapid testing methods monitor critical control points in real time, thereby have reduced the ...

Universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) with annual population testing and a multidisease, patient-centered strategy could reduce new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and improve community ...

The Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center serves about 150,000 military veterans in Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties. An independent federal investigator has accused the Miami VAMC’s ...