HIV Testing

Rapid HIV testing in the ER boosts diagnoses, screening

harminka — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:35:37 -0500

One in every 50 people screened for a suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital was found to be infected with HIV using a rapid blood sample screening test.

Higher HIV infection estimate shows need for routine screening

harminka — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:53:06 -0500

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected soon to increase the estimate of new HIV infections in the United States by 40 percent. This highlights the need to make HIV testing a routine part of medical care and provide better funding to care for those who test positive, according to the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA).

Bronx To Be HIV Tested As Early Detection Is Crucial

admin_huliq — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:32:43 -0500

The issue of early testing of HIV is not only important here in Malawi, but everywhere. The NY City Department of Health is starting a push to expand HIV testing in the Bronx.

Major shift in HIV prevention priorities needed

harminka — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:54:12 -0500

According to a new policy analysis led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of California, Berkeley, the most common HIV prevention strategies—condom promotion, HIV testing, treatment of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), vaccine and microbicide research, and abstinence—are having a limited impact on the predominantly heterosexual epidemics found in Africa.

Brown Researchers Create First-Ever HIV Rapid Test Video

harminka — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:57:03 -0600

Researchers at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have created the first educational video for patients to explain rapid tests for HIV, a relatively new tool in the fight against the AIDS epidemic.

High-risk individuals less likely to follow through on HIV testing plans

harminka — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:40:27 -0500

One-fourth of individuals at high risk for contracting HIV report planning to be tested for the virus in the next year, but fewer appear to follow through on that intention than individuals who are at lower risk, according to a report in the October 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Improvement still needed in HIV testing in high-risk groups

harminka — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:12:19 -0500

Since 2000, the rates of HIV testing have remained relatively low and constant in the United States, with about one third of Americans ever having had an HIV test, and less than a quarter of the people considered at high risk for contracting the virus that causes AIDS report having been tested in the past year.

Limiting implementation of CDC's recommendations for routine HIV testing

harminka — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:58:21 -0500

A new study concludes that routine testing for HIV recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) may violate many state laws. The study, published on October 10 in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE), found that more than thirty states require specific consent before HIV testing may occur. Nearly half of them require that consent to be in writing.

HIV Testing Remains High Under Name-Based Reporting

harminka — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:24:57 -0500

New York's law requiring HIV name-based reporting and partner notification has not dampened individuals' willingness to be tested for the disease, according to a study by the State Health Department's AIDS Institute.

High risk Older women have little interest in being tested for HIV

harminka — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:05:52 -0500

Few older women were interested in being tested for the virus that causes AIDS despite having significant risk factors for lifetime exposure, according to a study published in the July/August edition of the Journal of Women’s Health. The risk is especially great among African-American women, who represent 73 percent of new HIV cases in women over age 50.

Microbicide Safety for HIV prevention to be tested in women

harminka — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:42:14 -0500

Nearly half of all people infected with HIV/AIDS are now women, the majority of whom contracted the disease through sexual intercourse with male partners. Especially alarming is the steady increase in HIV rates among women under the age of 25, a population considered one of today’s most vulnerable for acquiring the disease.

HIV testing more effective than CDC mass testing proposal

harminka — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:03:28 -0500

A targeted campaign of testing and counseling aimed at those who are at high risk for HIV would be more effective than the mass patient screening proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to an analysis by David Holtgrave, PhD, an expert on HIV prevention at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.