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HIV Testing 101 (January 6, 2009)
From The Body
HIV Testing (April 26, 2009)
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From AIDS InfoNet

The Basics

Are You Positive You're Negative? (January 16, 2009)
An easy-to-read report revealing the facts behind myths that keep people from getting tested for HIV.
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From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
HIV Testing (January 8, 2009)
In AIDS 101, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
HIV Testing (August 3, 2008)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Donor Screening Assays for Infectious Agents and HIV Diagnostic Assays (March 17, 2008)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Taking Unnecessary HIV Monitoring Tests: A Waste of Valuable Resources (January 2008)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
Types of HIV Tests (2008)
From National Association of People With AIDS
Sustaining HIV Prevention: HIV Testing in Health Care Settings (PDF) (November/December 2007)
In Topics in HIV Medicine, from International AIDS Society-USA
Ways to Test for HIV: Three Different Ways to Check If You Have HIV (May 2007)
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From Project Inform
Dispelling Myths About the CDC's New Recommendations Regarding HIV Testing, Informed Consent, and Pre-Test Counseling (March 8, 2007)
From American Civil Liberties Union
Testing for HIV (February 8, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Antibody Assays (May 2006)
An excerpt from the online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California-San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
Accuracy of HIV Tests (March 2006)
Questions and answers with NAM and Michael Carter, editor, AIDS Treatment Update.
In Positive Nation
HIV Testing 101 (December 21, 2001)
Part 2 of 2.
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Confidentiality and HIV Testing (December 1, 2001)
In I Care ... Do You? Youth and AIDS in the 21st Century, from American Association for World Health
HIV Counseling and Testing (December 1, 2001)
In I Care ... Do You? Youth and AIDS in the 21st Century, from American Association for World Health
HIV Testing 101 (November 23, 2001)
Part 1 of 2.
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Dr. Ghourm's Forum: Sharing, Caring and Touching Lives ... National HIV Testing Day and Why Testing Is Important (August 2001)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Testing Yourself for HIV-1, the Virus That Causes AIDS (January 23, 2001)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Chelsea Clinic Madness (December 2000)
One man's trip through the obstacle course of getting an anonymous HIV test in a New York City free clinic.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
We Don't Always Seek Our Teachers (August 1999)
A woman finds she has a hernia and reflects on why many people are afraid to find out their HIV status.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
HIV Testing Fact Sheet (December 1998)
A selection from Be a Force for Change.
In Be a Force for Change, from American Association for World Health
HIV Antibody Tests -- Now You Have Several Choices (June 1998)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
Approximate Timeline of Testing and Symptoms for HIV/AIDS (October 1997)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
The New Saliva HIV Tests (October 1997)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
HIV Counseling and Testing: Facts, Issues, and Answers
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. National HIV Testing Day

U.S. National HIV Testing Day Campaign Events (Regularly Updated)
Browse a listing of events by state, or register your event.
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
White House Officials Used Twitter, Ashton Kutcher to Promote HIV Testing Day (July 1, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Hip-Hop Concert Headlines South Florida Events for Saturday's HIV Testing Day (June 29, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Update --Take the Test / Take Control: National HIV Testing Day (June 27, 2009)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Posters and Other Materials for U.S. National HIV Testing Day 2009 (June 27, 2009)
From National HIV Testing Day
Columnists Discuss HIV Statistics, National Testing Day (June 26, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
New Resources on HIV Testing in the U.S. Available, Nationwide HIV Campaign Announced (June 26, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Tennessee: No Bliss Ignoring the Risk of HIV (June 26, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
OraSure and the National Association of People With AIDS Launch Third Annual ''Mayors Campaign Against HIV'' for National HIV Testing Day (June 26, 2007)
From National Association of People With AIDS
Questions and Answers About National HIV Testing Day (June 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Top Ten Tips to a Successful NHTD Campaign (PDF) (June 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. National HIV Testing Day: Questions and Answers on Getting Involved (June 2007)
From National Association of People With AIDS

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