One out of five people in the U.S. infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, doesn’t know it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.
CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 be tested for HIV at least once as part of their routine health care.
People who are [...]
A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation has found that Americans’ concern about the threat of HIV/AIDS has dropped sharply in recent years with just 6 percent of adults surveyed now naming HIV/AIDS as the most urgent health problem facing the country, down for 44 percent in 1995.
The drop comes at the same time the [...]
Healthcare providers should make it clear to patients and parents that male circumcision substantially reduces a man’s risk of contracting AIDS, genital herpes and the virus that causes genital warts and cervical cancer, two University of Washington researchers write in today’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
In recent years, the value of circumcision [...]
In support of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Snohomish Health District will offer free HIV testing to Black Americans who might be at risk of HIV infection.
These would include individuals who might have had unprotected sex or have injected drugs and shared their injection equipment.
Testing will include a private counseling session. Testing and counseling [...]
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