Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Brown University-led study funded by a National Institute of Mental Health grant used at-home testing kits, some equipped ...

Taking fluids, mouth wash and being nervous ahead of using the HIV self-test kit OraQuick hurts results, the World Health Organisation has warned. Avoid fluids 15 minutes to the test, the WHO says, ...

OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem has received a $2 million contract to distribute 250,000 of its rapid HIV tests through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. CDC officials hope ...

(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON -- Americans will be able to test to see if they are HIV positive in the comfort of their own homes, thanks to a new over-the-counter FDA-approved test. The OraQuick test detects ...

At least 1.5 million Kenyans are living with the HIV virus and 36,000 are added to the number every year. The kit is readily available at pharmacies, or can be easily purchased on mydawa.com at only ...

US Food and Drugs Administration is planning to approve the first home based rapid HIV strip test kit. The result of the test will be available within 20 minutes of the test without any physician or ...

Washington – The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test, which allows Americans to test themselves in the privacy of their homes for the virus that causes ...

Use of the newly launched oral HIV self-testing kit has come into question after it emerged that Kenya's regulatory authorities are yet to fully approve the technology. While the National Aids and STI ...

Government has relaxed the age of people who are eligible to use OraQuick HIV self-test kit from 18 to 17 years and above, an official from the Ministry of Health has said. The move is aimed at ...

After a pilot program this year, the Arizona Department of Health Services is preparing to send out home HIV testing kits across the state for free. "We have every single opportunity right now to end ...

A federal advisory panel heard testimony Thursday on the pros and cons of allowing people to test themselves for HIV infection. The public hearing was a preliminary step in a regulatory process that ...