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CDC updates HIV testing guidance to expand opt-out screening

The CDC has updated its HIV testing guidance, emphasizing routine, opt-out screening for patients aged 13–64 and more frequent testing for those at higher risk. The approach aims to reduce stigma, ...
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CDC cancels grant that funded free home test kits for HIV

Federal funding for a program that used dating apps to connect people with free HIV home tests – identifying nearly 7,000 new cases since its start in 2022 – has been canceled. The Together Take Me ...
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Study predicts HIV infections could rise 10% if CDC testing funds end

Timely HIV diagnosis and treatment are critical to preventing transmission. To help make this happen, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides funding for HIV testing to ...
STAT

HIV self-testing is easy, effective — and underutilized

Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...
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HIV infections would increase by 10% average if CDC funding for HIV testing ends, NIH-funded Johns Hopkins Medicine study predicts

Timely HIV diagnosis and treatment are critical to preventing transmission. To help make this happen, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides funding for HIV testing to ...