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 ...

Kenya has been employing a two-test strategy for the past 15 years but there's concern this approach has often resulted in conflicting test results. [iStockphoto] New evidence has come to light ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The complainants, Kathambi Ruciami and Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Company Limited, through ...

Jose Rivera is banned from donating plasma in the U.S. and Canada because of his HIV-positive status on the National Donor Deferral Registry. If he had a medical emergency, it would be difficult to ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD A non-reactive HIV test result usually means you don't have HIV. Retesting may be necessary because of inaccurate results during the window period. HIV antibody ...

This retrospective study evaluated real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV algorithm in a large US laboratory. Objectives: To understand real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV ...

Three women likely were infected with HIV after undergoing “vampire facials” at an unlicensed New Mexico spa, the first known instance of the virus being transmitted through cosmetic injection ...

Brazil's Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) approved on Monday the use of the drug Sunlenca (lenacapavir) for HIV-1 prevention ...

HIV testing must be voluntary. Patients must know that testing is planned and be informed that they will be tested unless they decline (“opt out”). The patient should be provided information about HIV ...

Mother to child transmission of HIV remains one of the major challenges in the effort to eliminate HIV in children. HIV can pass from a mother to her baby during pregnancy, during delivery or through ...