World’s Fastest HIV Test added to the Together TakeMeHome Program for Free at Home HIV Self-Testing Across the United States

Lytical’s INSTI® HIV Self Test will support Together TakeMeHome’s national program delivering free HIV self-tests directly to ...
The Conversation

HIV self‑test kits are meant to empower those at risk − but they don’t necessarily lead to starting HIV treatment or prevention

Regular testing for HIV protects you and those around you. pixinoo/iStock via Getty Images Plus In 2016, the World Health Organization recommended HIV self-test kits as a way for people to ...
STAT

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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

FDA approves 1-minute HIV self-test

The FDA has approved bioLytical Laboratories’ Insti HIV self test. The company touts it as the fastest home-use HIV test available in the U.S., with results in 60 seconds or less. BioLytical said the ...
Rolling Out

Non-reactive HIV test might not mean what you think

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 ...
Forbes

National HIV Testing Day Celebrates 30 Years Of Advocacy

HIV is the acronym for human immunodeficiency virus. HIV can only spread through bodily fluids like breast milk, blood, semen, pre-cum, rectal fluids, and vaginal fluids. The initial symptoms of HIV ...
Forbes

Age Knows No Bounds: Promoting HIV Testing For Older Adults On National HIV Testing Day

Imagine a 70-year-old walking into their medical provider's office, their glands swollen and tender. Unbeknownst to them, what they believed to be a minor ailment turns out to be advanced HIV disease.