Free HIV tests aren’t hard to find, if you know where to look

More Americans are getting tested for HIV, though not necessarily those at highest risk.

Miss the report? Here are details from a Los Angeles Times article: “At least 45% of American adults have been tested for HIV at least once, an increase of five percentage points and 11.4 million people since 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. But that still leaves 55% of adults, and 28.3% of adults with risk factors for contracting HIV, who have never been tested, the agency said in a Vital Signs report.”

But access to the test shouldn’t be a problem.

The National HIV and STD Testing Resources Web page offers a searchable database of clinics (including free ones) by ZIP Code. And this CDC page explains the basics about different types of tests and when to get tested.

For those who want to know more, here’s a timeline and history of AIDS and HIV.