In recognition of National HIV Testing Day, University of Toledo Health will provide free and confidential rapid HIV and ...

A study finds promising results on a new HIV prevention drug that's injected just twice a year. In the meantime, here's everything to know about HIV testing. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, ...

Impaired antibody response in an AIDS patient compromised the accuracy of the test. The OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test has transformed HIV testing from a cumbersome process to a rapid ...

FDA approves first rapid test for HIV Earlier diagnosis may also help to reduce additional HIV transmission. HealthDay News — The FDA has approved the first rapid diagnostic test to detect the HIV-1 ...

Researchers at Tulane have developed a new and rapid test that can detect both HIV and tuberculosis at the same time with just a small amount of blood. In a paper published in Clinical Chemistry, ...

Since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was identified in 1983, roughly 91.4 million people around the world have contracted the virus and an additional 44.1 million have died from related causes ...

HIV self-testing in home setting only marks the presence of HIV-1/2 antibodies or the HIV-1 p24 antigen; it does not provide a diagnosis. The self-testing kit has an inbuilt control line, which makes ...

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 ...

MADRID — Rapid tests for the detection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shorten the window period to 2 or 3 weeks, and self-tests are as reliable and accurate as those carried out by ...

Federal regulators have approved the licensure of an all-in-one rapid device that allows Canadians to simultaneously be tested for HIV and syphilis. Canada is the first country to approve and ...

Researchers at Colorado State University are nearing completion of an effort to create and develop rapid at-home tests for HIV. The staff and students in Fort Collins are using technology and science ...