Topics :: HIV testing

CDC Says Testing Makes Us Stronger

By Winnie McCroy | Saturday Jun 8, 2013
It’s National HIV Testing Month, and the CDC has responding with their Testing Makes Us Stronger Campaign. Get tested!

Windy City Breezes in With HIV Testing and Awareness

By Winnie McCroy | Tuesday Jun 4, 2013
The Windy City will commemorate National HIV Testing Day with numerous events, including an HIV testing seminar, a month-long testing initiative and a screening of "How to Survive a Plague."

Needle Prick Project Discusses Being HIV-Positive Today

By Jenny Block | Monday Apr 29, 2013
Spurred by the isolation and stigma he felt around discovering he was HIV-positive, Tyler Curry founded The Needle Prick Project, a series of photos and stories to help people open a frank discussion about what it means to be positive.

HIV Testing Days Tailor Message to Indigenous Communities

By Louise Adams | Tuesday Apr 23, 2013
Organizations are reaching out to specific communities to spread the message that getting tested for HIV is important!

HIV Test Urged for 7,000 Oklahoma Dental Patients

By Justin Juozapavicius | Friday Mar 29, 2013
Health officials on Thursday urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitary conditions behind his office’s spiffy facade posed a threat to his clients and made him a "menace to the public he

Sequester To Have Devastating Effect on HIV Treatment

By Conswella Bennett | Thursday Mar 21, 2013
The federal spending cuts known as the sequester is expected to have devastating effects on HIV research and treatment.

Spreading Awareness on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

By Tony Hobday | Wednesday Feb 6, 2013
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and in cities across the country, organizations are offering discussions, luncheons, HIV testing and other educational efforts aimed at lowering rates of HIV transmission in communities of color.

Bebashi & Urban Angel Foundation Commemorate MLK with Free Health Services

By Meca McKinney | Friday Jan 25, 2013
To commemorate MLK Day and the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, Bebashi and Urban Angel Foundation presented a day of free health services and care for Philly’s community.

HIV Rates Rise in Youth

By Chuck Colbert | Monday Dec 10, 2012
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is on the rise among younger Americans under the age of 25.

Despite Lack of Funding, RI AIDS Organizations Still Going Strong

By Joe Siegel | Friday Dec 7, 2012
Rhode Island AIDS service organizations gathered at the State House for World AIDS Day, but admitted that without additional funding, HIV will continue to be a serious public health problem in the Ocean State.