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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, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Infectious Disease Advisor

Reduced Federal Lab Capacity May Deepen Inequities in Infectious Disease Detection

CDC laboratory testing pauses for over 2 dozen infectious diseases in 2026 raise concerns regarding diagnostic access for ...
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Dismantling the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention will cost far more than it saves

Washington is director of Mecklenburg County Public Health in North Carolina. Taylor is health officer and director of the Shelby County Health Department in Tennessee. As leaders of Mecklenburg ...