A new Brown University-led study funded by a National Institute of Mental Health grant used at-home testing kits, some equipped with sensors, to see if people got tested for HIV more regularly.

Self-testing for HIV enhances autonomy and is supported by policies in over 100 countries, promoting early detection and treatment initiation. The Together TakeMeHome program distributed self-test ...

Britain: The world’s first HIV self-testing kit based on a pinprick of blood is launched on Monday and can tell you in 15 minutes whether you have the virus. The test is more than 99.7% accurate and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HIV self-testing kits were easy to use and widely accepted by people who inject drugs, who reported a desire to ...

The first legally approved HIV self testing kit has gone on sale in the United Kingdom. The Biosure kit which is only available online gives a result within 15 minutes although positive tests must be ...

HIV self-testing in home setting only marks the presence of HIV-1/2 antibodies or the HIV-1 p24 antigen; it does not provide a diagnosis. The self-testing kit has an inbuilt control line, which makes ...

Research led by William Robinson, PhD, Associate Research Professor of Behavioral & Community Health Sciences at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, has found that 86% of heterosexuals who ...

In populations with men at high-risk of HIV infection, advertising free HIV self-test kits on dating apps may be a feasible way of testing these individuals, according to new research published in the ...

A new University of California, Irvine-led study, called the HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) HIV study, revealed that using peer-led online communities was successful in increasing HIV ...

The New York State Department of Health has launched its fall HIV Self-Test giveaway campaign, highlighting the importance of HIV self-testing. The giveaway, which launched on Nov. 13, will end on Dec ...

Around one in ten of the over seven million people living with HIV in South Africa are not aware that they have the virus in their bodies. One way to ensure more people are diagnosed quicker is to ...