HIV Testing

Voluntary Testing Programs Expanded Around The Nation

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 7th, 1997

National AIDS leaders called on Americans at risk for HIV to take control of their lives by taking an HIV test on National HIV Testing Day, June 27, 1997.

At a luncheon in Washington, D.C. to kickoff the National HIV Testing Day, Congressman Louis Stokes (D-Ohio), a leading advocate for health promotion including HIV testing, was presented the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA) "Life" award for his leadership on HIV issues.

"Today, we have important advances in treatment and testing. New technologies for HIV testing which include home collection blood tests, a urine test, and the oral collection device, called OraSure make testing for...

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