• HIV Testing: It Helps to Know
  About one fourth of the one million U.S. residents currently living with HIV are unaware of their HIV infection. A recently published study which looked at routinely offering rapid HIV testing to persons seeking care in hospital emergency departments concluded that all health care facilities (i.e., emergency departments, primary care clinics, community clinics, hospitals in-patient facilities, and urgent care clinics) should offer HIV testing services to patients.
  • A Cup of Health with CDC
  • A Minute of Health with CDC
• Rapid HIV Testing
  World AIDS Day acknowledges its 20th anniversary this year, as the worldwide event strives to increase awareness and education about HIV and AIDS. In this broadcast, Kevin Fenton, who directs HIV/AIDS activities for CDC, discusses the implications and benefits of rapid HIV testing in community settings.
  • A Cup of Health with CDC
  • A Minute of Health with CDC
• National HIV Testing Day 2007 Webinar
  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosts a webinar to encourage Internet bloggers who write on health issues and HIV/AIDS to promote June 27th, National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), and HIV testing.
• Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings
  The objectives of these recommendations are to increase HIV screening of patients, including pregnant women, in health-care settings; foster earlier detection of HIV infection; identify and counsel persons with unrecognized HIV infection and link them to clinical and prevention services; and further reduce perinatal transmission of HIV in the United States.
  • A Cup of Health with CDC
  • A Minute of Health with CDC
• Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, Encouraging HIV Testing
  Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, provides information on testing and the importance of early detection and treatment in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Rapid Testing

• Rapid HIV Testing
  World AIDS Day acknowledges its 20th anniversary this year, as the worldwide event strives to increase awareness and education about HIV and AIDS. In this broadcast, Kevin Fenton, who directs HIV/AIDS activities for CDC, discusses the implications and benefits of rapid HIV testing in community settings.
  • A Cup of Health with CDC(5 MB, 7:08 Min.)
  • A Minute of Health with CDC(1 MB, 0:59 Min.)