Facts About In-Home HIV Testing

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/facts-about-home-hiv-testing?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Facts About In-Home HIV Testing. HIV can be controlled. The first step is getting tested. An FDA-approved home test is one option It’s estimated that 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV. And some of those people — about one in seven — don’t know they have it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV screening is key to controlling the virus. If people can’t get to a clinic for testing, or have concerns about their privacy, there is a home testing kit that has been evaluated and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).