A study finds promising results on a new HIV prevention drug that's injected just twice a year. In the meantime, here's everything to know about HIV testing. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, ...

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 ...

Sample blood collection tube with HIV test label on HIV infection screening test form. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Room's Studio) A non-reactive HIV test result generally means good news – you ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that close to 1.2 million people live with HIV in the U.S. But about 1 in every 5 of them doesn’t know it. That’s why getting tested is so ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that around 1.2 million people in the United States have HIV. Around 40 percent may not even know they’ve contracted the virus. This ...

Screening people for HIV is the best way to ensure that those who are positive get treatment, which can be effective in reducing spread of the disease. But guidelines differ on the best ages to test ...

If you think you’ve been exposed to the virus that causes AIDS and want to take a test to find out, timing is important. After the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enters your body, there’s a ...