“CDC estimates that 55 percent of adults – and 28 percent of adults with a risk factor for HIV – have not been tested. Too many people living with HIV are being tested and diagnosed too late to take advantage of effective HIV treatment and prevention options.” – Dr. Kevin A. Fenton, Director, CDC’s National… Continue reading Take an HIV Test. Take Control.
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It’s National HIV Testing Day
Have you been tested for HIV recently? Yes, you. As we wrote in a recent blog, an estimated one in five people with HIV in the US are unaware of their infection. That “one” could be you or someone you know. So instead of wondering, find out your status today during National HIV Testing Day, now… Continue reading It’s National HIV Testing Day
30 Years of AIDS
On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) described the first reported cases of AIDS in the US. Thirty years later, AIDS.gov is observing this date with a campaign called “The Federal Government and 30 Years of AIDS.” What have we learned about Human Immunodefiency Virus (HIV) and… Continue reading 30 Years of AIDS
It’s National HIV Testing Day
Today – June 27, 2009 – is National HIV Testing Day. AIDS.gov, the one-stop access to U.S. Government HIV/AIDS information and an organization PatientsLikeMe collaborates with to raise awareness of HIV, has been running a campaign all month to promote National HIV Testing Day. As part of the campaign, AIDS.gov launched the “I Know. I… Continue reading It’s National HIV Testing Day