Monday is National HIV Testing Day
dallasvoice.comLocal HIV organizations are trying to reverse the pandemic’s downturn in testing DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com The number of HIV tests taking place plummeted during the pandemic, according to information provided by the drug maker Gilead Sciences, and, as the U.S.
marks National HIV Testing Day on Monday, June 27, HIV/AIDS advocates are urging people to pick up the pace again and get tested.
From 2019 to 2020, the number of HIV tests performed in the U.S. dropped from 2.3 million to 1.2 million. New HIV diagnoses fell by 17 percent during that period after annual declines of just 3 percent during each of the previous three years.
In Dallas, testing declined as well, falling from 385,000 tests in 2019 to 232,624 in 2020. Among the local organizations with testing events on Monday is the Afiya Center.
