Free HIV testing is available at the following locations throughout the Greater Cleveland area: Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland: Walk-in testing available Monday through Thursday 4:00pm-8:00pm (there is no rapid testing after 7:00pm). The clinic offers prevention, education, and treatment services, anonymous and confidential testing, blood tests, oral tests, and rapid tests. Rapid test ...
Did you know that you can find out your HIV status in less than 30 minutes? By choosing a rapid oral fluid test, you don’t even need to have blood drawn. All you have to do is swab your gums and cheeks with an absorbent pad, and with the help of ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), ...
You had unprotected sex with someone you hardly knew. You touched someone’s blood and now it is a possibility that you may have contracted a disease. You shot heroin into your arms and used someone else’s needle, only one time. Many people face these truths everyday. They have to deal with the fact they had ...
AIDS is a deadly disease. There is no doubt in this statement, specially when an estimated 40 million people worldwide suffer the woes of HIV. It then becomes a serious matter to be addressed and the rush to finding that ultimate cure seems to get nowhere. AIDS is a life-threatening condition created by the human ...
December 1st marks the annual World AIDS Awareness Day. This international health day is a kick-off to a whole week of worldwide AIDS awareness events. Since 1988, the World AIDS Campaign is the most recognized in raising awareness, providing better access to prevention, treatment services, and marking a special day to remember those who have ...
For women who are pregnant and HIV positive, fetal development and health is a primary concern. The fetus, while growing in utero, is completely safe from HIV infection, but that does not mean the infant – once born – cannot contract HIV. Blood and vaginal fluids are the transportation fluid of the HIV virus and ...
Being tested for HIV has always been a very personal private matter. But in the past, you still had to go somewhere and let someone else know you wanted to be tested. HIV home test kits are now available over the counter, allowing for a much more private test. These tests can even be ordered ...
As a gay man, I have a lot of things to worry about, not the least of which is potentially contracting HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) from a sexual partner. I like to consider myself a responsible gay male, and to that end I’ve been getting an HIV test about every six months since ...
