The US Preventive Services Task Force is pushing to make testing for the AIDS virus a routine part of your yearly check-up.
Around 28,000 people are thought to been HIV positive in Pennsylvania and medical professionals believe 20% of them, don't even know they have it. And of the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV, it's believed that 1 in 5, do not know they are infected.
This is a big reason why the US Preventive Services Task Force is calling for more widespread HIV screenings.
If the new guidelines pass, your family physician could order an HIV test easier than ever before, similar to a cholesterol or even blood pressure test.
Here's why, early detection is key to living a normal life with disease.
Dr. John Zurlo of Penn State Hershey Medical Center treats patients with HIV, he says the current treatments help with making HIV less transmittable, meaning these guidelines could go a long way towards dramatically slowing the spread of the disease.
Around 28,000 people are thought to been HIV positive in Pennsylvania and medical professionals believe 20% of them, don't even know they have it. And of the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV, it's believed that 1 in 5, do not know they are infected.
This is a big reason why the US Preventive Services Task Force is calling for more widespread HIV screenings.
If the new guidelines pass, your family physician could order an HIV test easier than ever before, similar to a cholesterol or even blood pressure test.
Here's why, early detection is key to living a normal life with disease.
Dr. John Zurlo of Penn State Hershey Medical Center treats patients with HIV, he says the current treatments help with making HIV less transmittable, meaning these guidelines could go a long way towards dramatically slowing the spread of the disease.