Showing posts with label Why Aren't More Americans Getting Screened For HIV?. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Why Aren't More Americans Getting Screened For HIV?

When Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sees patients for an HIV test, they are often afraid of coming in, she says.

"I have quite a few people who come in and tell me that they waited to get tested because they didn't want to find out they had AIDS," said Fitzpatrick, a professor of medicine at Howard University and director HIV services at D.C. based hospital United Medical Center.