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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, ...
EurekAlert!

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 ...
Medical Xpress

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 ...
AOL

CDC allegedly cancels Emory's HIV self-testing program after not enough workers left to oversee it

A local HIV program has allegedly been canceled as a result of funding cuts, firings and layoffs that have recently hit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a program lead. On ...
Daily Emerald

CDC seeks better HIV testing

Cree Gordon was living on the streets of Eugene when someone from the local HIV Alliance offered him $10 to take an HIV test. He took the offer, getting his blood tested and waiting the standard two ...
MM&M

HIV testing and outreach falter as Trump funding cuts sweep the South

Storm clouds hung low above a community center in Jackson, where pastor Andre Devine invited people inside for lunch. Hoagies with smoked turkey and ham drew the crowd, but several people lingered for ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Cotesting for HIV, STIs Improved Screening Practices for HIV

The intervention increased HIV cotesting rates in urgent care and emergency departments, improving diagnosis and care linkage. Electronic prompts for HIV tests during STI evaluations led to ...