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The first ever over-the-counter rapid HIV test has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Living + is a very moving piece put together by AmeriCorps AIDS United Team Carolina featuring 13 North Carolinians living with HIV, encouraging and empowering individuals who are newly-diagnosed with HIV.

National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), June 27, is an annual observance to promote HIV testing. The National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) founded the day in 1995 and continues to be the lead for this observance. SHF will be offering free rapid HIV testing at all sites today. Check the map below for testing site locations near you.

American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes, after a panel of experts last week recommended approval of the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test. Take a look at a recent video produced by the staff at St. Hope Foundation about the first rapid, over-the-counter, HIV Test.

St. Hope Foundation will provide free Hepatitis C Screening and Information TODAY (5/15/12) from 1pm until 5pm at MAS CLUB 8711 North Freeway, Houston, Texas. For more details call 832.767.5465.

In the wake of campaign season, one of the hot button issues is public health. Everybody’s talking about it: politicians, public officials, teachers, doctors, families and neighbors. But as we continue to debate over health care plans and how to pay for health care, some of the basics are going unnoticed, such as the actual biological issues concerning health in the United States.

St. Hope Foundation would like to recognize and thank all of the men and women of the nursing profession during National Nurses Week.

During the month of May, St. Hope Foundation will host an educational seminar and free Hepatitis C screenings at the MyWellnessPlace center in PlazaAmericas Mall.

Did you know that one out of every four adults in the United States will be affected by a mental illness at some point in their lives? If not, you’re not alone. Most people – including healthcare professionals – are unaware that more than 25% of Americans experience some kind of diagnosable, treatable mental illness or substance use disorder in their lifetime.

SHF has received nearly $400,000 in Ryan White funding to launch a new dental site at our Houston/Bellaire location.