AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Health authorities in Maine are encouraging people to use World AIDS Day to learn their status about the disease.
World AIDS Day is Saturday. The Maine Center for Disease Control says about 1,800 of the 37 million people diagnosed with HIV worldwide live in Maine. But the agency says that number doesn’t include the one in seven people living with HIV who don’t know what their status is.
The Maine CDC says individuals who don’t know their HIV status should get tested, and there are a number of facilities around Maine that provide that service. The agency’s also reminding people Maine that HIV care and prevention have dramatically changed since the discovery of the virus in 1984, and many patients are able to live long lives.
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Online: gettested.cdc.gov
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