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Home Test Kit for HIV Gets FDA Approval

Mouth swab provides results in 30 minutes or so

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 3, 2012 4:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – A quick and easy HIV test that provides results at home in about a half-hour will soon be in stores. The FDA today approved OraSure's OraQuick test, in which a person swabs the inside of his mouth and then inserts the swab into a test tube, reports the Wall Street Journal. Federal health officials estimate 240,000 people have HIV without knowing it, and they hope the test will cut that figure, along with infections. One caveat: The home test isn't as accurate as one done in a clinic.

This undated photo provided by Orasure shows the OraQuick test.
This undated photo provided by Orasure shows the OraQuick test.   (AP Photo/Orasure, Chuck Zovko)
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radicalron
Jul 3, 2012 7:00 PM CDT
I wonder if they'll sell them by the case. Now I wonder if the next woman I date minds if I test her before I waste any money on her?
Rammrodd
Jul 3, 2012 5:18 PM CDT
First customer: Anderson Cooper. Result: Bad news.
 

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