HIV Test

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS, is transmitted through bodily fluids such as blood, semen, pre-ejaculate, and vaginal fluid.  HIV/AIDS can cause life-threatening infections and cancers. 

For most of the 30 years that the world has spent fighting AIDS, getting tested for HIV was often a fearful, embarrassing experience. Now consumers have the option to order confidential HIV testing online without the need of seeing a doctor prior to the test., then having the results analyzed in a professional health care setting.

 Groundbreaking new data shows early treatment HIV can cut its transmission to a sexual partner by 96 percent. This data comes from a United States National Institutes of Health study of 1,763 mostly heterosexual partners. The study was intended to last ten years, but the results were so positively conclusive that it was halted five years early.

On June 8, 2011, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for worldwide efforts to put an end to AIDS by 2020. Global action, combined with individual efforts that include getting tested for HIV, may make this goal a reality, consigning the killer disease to the history books.