HIV & AIDS
New push for most in US to get at least one HIV test
There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.
Nov 19, 2012
0
0
News tagged with hiv screening
HIV & AIDS
Researchers show cost-effectiveness of HIV testing in drug abuse treatment programs
Less than half of community-based substance abuse treatment programs in the United States currently make HIV testing available on-site or through referral. A new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College shows ...
Sep 9, 2012
0
0
HIV & AIDS
HIV home testing kits prove their worth
Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, many people who are at high risk of HIV infection cannot or will not adopt safer sexual practices, such as abstinence and condom use. This means there is room in the market for alternative ...
Aug 20, 2012
0
0
HIV & AIDS
Study shows HIV-exposed children at high risk of language delay
(Medical Xpress) -- Children exposed to HIV before birth are at risk for language impairments, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
Jan 10, 2012
0
0
HIV & AIDS
Non-targeted HIV testing in emergency departments identifies only few new cases, study finds
Non-targeted HIV rapid test screening among emergency department patients in metropolitan Paris resulted in identifying only a few new HIV diagnoses, often at late stages and mostly among patients who are in a high-risk group, ...
Oct 24, 2011
0
0
HIV & AIDS
Couples-oriented programs found to boost healthy behaviors among African Americans
Intervention programs that promote healthier eating, increased physical activity and cancer screenings may be beneficial for African American couples that are at high risk for chronic diseases and that include one ...
May 17, 2011
0
0
Health
Appeals court ruling keeps Obamacare preventive health care coverage in place for now
Americans will continue to be able to get free preventive health care services—at least for now.
May 16, 2023
0
28
HIV & AIDS
Mandatory HIV testing and medical examination designed to exclude 'abnormal' migrants to Canada
A new landmark study finds that Canada's process of mandatory HIV screening of migrants is out of step with the OECD and ignores the government's own policy on medical admissibility to Canada.
Nov 30, 2022
0
25
HIV & AIDS
One in two Africans don't know HIV status: expert
Thirty-five years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, one person in two in sub-Saharan Africa "does not know their HIV status," according to a French expert.
Dec 7, 2017
0
0
HIV & AIDS
HIV care could save lives and billions of dollars, computer model predicts
A computer model developed by Johns Hopkins health care delivery specialists predicts that strengthening a handful of efforts to keep people with HIV in lifetime care, along with more rigorous testing, would potentially avert ...
Oct 26, 2015
0
8
