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World's first HIV self-testing kit goes on sale and can offer diagnosis in 15 minutes

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 ...
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 ...
Self

You Can Get Free At-Home HIV Tests Every 3 Months Until 2027. Here’s How

If you’ve ever wondered about your HIV status but haven’t gotten the test for whatever reason—time, cost, anxiety—now is your chance to bypass at least some of these concerns. It’s super easy to fill ...
Healio

National HIV self-testing program finds high demand, many testing for first time

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A CDC program to distribute free HIV self-test kits has mailed nearly double the number of tests in its first ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Self-Testing in HIV Shows Promise in Early Studies

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 ...
Business Insider

Worldwide HIV Self-test Kits Market (2019 to 2027) - Featuring Biosynex, Danaher & Roche Among Others

Dublin, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "HIV Self-test Kits - Global Market Outlook (2019-2027)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global HIV Self-test Kits market ...
The Globe and Mail

Canada’s first oral HIV self-test has been approved for sale

An oral, at-home HIV test that delivers results in as little as 20 minutes and has been used in the U.S. for well over a decade is finally coming to Canada. OraSure Technologies announced Tuesday its ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Over-the-Counter HIV Test Approved for Adolescents

The test stick is swabbed along the upper and lower gum once and placed into the test tube for 20 minutes before reading the results. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval ...
The Nation Newspaper

Eliminating Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (EMTCT) through self-testing

The World AIDS Day have come and gone, yet we must not fail to examine some of the gaps that must be urgently bridged as a nation. Each year, thousands of children are born with HIV, largely due to ...