Britain: The world’s first HIV self-testing kit based on a pinprick of blood is launched on Monday and can tell you in 15 minutes whether you have the virus. The test is more than 99.7% accurate and ...

A new Brown University-led study funded by a National Institute of Mental Health grant used at-home testing kits, some equipped with sensors, to see if people got tested for HIV more regularly.

The usability and acceptability of both oral fluid- and blood-based HIV self-test kits is high among users, but access to the kits should be expanded, according to the authors of research published ...

Britain: The world’s first HIV self-testing kit based on a pinprick of blood is launched on Monday and can tell you in 15 minutes whether you have the virus. The test is more than 99.7% accurate and ...

Imagine walking into your neighborhood pharmacy, not just for a headache pill or cough syrup, but to take a step that could significantly alter your life and the lives of those around you. This is the ...

Self-testing for HIV enhances autonomy and is supported by policies in over 100 countries, promoting early detection and treatment initiation. The Together TakeMeHome program distributed self-test ...

ATLANTA — Emory University is preparing to lead a program mailing out free HIV self-test kits nationwide. The effort is being funded by a recent $8.3 million award from the CDC that will support ...

Superdrug has become the first high-street retailer in the UK to offer HIV self-tests, meaning you can test yourself for HIV at home by swabbing your gums and get results back in just 20 minutes.

HIV self-testing in home setting only marks the presence of HIV-1/2 antibodies or the HIV-1 p24 antigen; it does not provide a diagnosis. The self-testing kit has an inbuilt control line, which makes ...

In accordance with the July 2015 WHO Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services, individuals who test (including a self-test) in the window period (6 to12 weeks’ period before individuals develop ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HIV self-testing kits were easy to use and widely accepted by people who inject drugs, who reported a desire to ...

Around one in ten of the over seven million people living with HIV in South Africa are not aware that they have the virus in their bodies. One way to ensure more people are diagnosed quicker is to ...