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 ...

CD4 tests are strongly recommended as the preferred method to identify advanced HIV disease among people living with HIV, the ...

An HIV screening test checks to see if you’ve been infected with the HIV virus. About 1.2 million people in the U.S. have HIV. But about 1 in 7 people don’t know their HIV status, and about 40% of new ...

Patients in dental settings had a comparable uptake of point-of-care HIV tests when compared with non-specialized health settings. An estimated 36 million people live with HIV worldwide with ...

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that attacks the body’s immune system, making it vulnerable to all infections. One of the major concerns ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other sources, there are approximately 1.2 million ...

Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...