HIV testing is a key factor in HIV prevention ... to detection of HIV infection for first-, second-, third- and fourth-generation HIV immunoassays, and the HIV-1 western blot assay.

However, most of the recent fourth-generation tests have a much lower risk of producing a false result. “Very few medical tests have 100% accuracy. However, HIV tests are one of the most accurate in ...

Regarding dual HIV/syphilis testing ... He said that other countries have moved to fourth-generation tests, and that Kenya wants to adopt ‘old’ technology. In the latest case, Ruciami and ...

This new policy represents one of the largest changes in Canadian blood donation since the 90s. Christopher Karas, a human ...

Affordability and mass distribution will be critical to the success of a long-lasting injectable HIV prevention drug that has ...

Gilead and Merck & Co. have guided their once-weekly HIV combination therapy past another milestone, linking the cocktail to ...

About 1 in 10 new HIV infections happen in people who inject drugs. HIV tests are now easy to get and affordable. But if money is tight, a free HIV test is the way to go. If you've just found out ...

The 4th International Workshop on HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies was held from June 12-16 in the Spanish coastal resort town of Sitges, just outside of Barcelona. If one ignores the ...

HIV testing is readily available in Southern Nevada: SNHD offers no-cost express testing from 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday at the Southern Nevada Health District Main Public ...

The organization is installing public-use vending machines in the city that will dispense free condoms and HIV tests to anyone who needs them, at no cost. The machines are part of an expansion of ...

New Paper in New England Journal of Medicine Calls for Health Care Community to Help End Latino HIV Crisis, Outlines ...

The trailblazing gay lawmaker from Georgia talked to LGBTQ Nation about Republican gerrymandering and being raised Christian.