Business
Abbott Laboratories and OraSure Technologies Inc. said they agreed to co-market a rapid HIV test that detects the presence of antibodies for the human immunodeficiency virus in as little as 20 minutes.
June 18, 2002
World & Nation
Ruling allows option besides using blood. Agency also allows marketing of saline breast implants for 3 more years.
Dec. 24, 1994
Science & Medicine
FDA approves saliva test for detecting AIDS virus
The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved the first AIDS test that uses saliva instead of blood to determine whether a person has been infected by the virus.
An oral HIV test that uses a swab to quickly detect the virus that causes AIDS provided false positive readings for about a quarter of the people it showed to be infected, the San Francisco Department of Public Health said Friday.
Dec. 10, 2005
California
L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center says the swab is producing too many false positives.
Dec. 16, 2005
The procedure is a ‘sea change,’ activist says. In the past, waits of up to two weeks caused anxiety and led many to not find out results.
Nov. 8, 2002
Federal regulators are expected to give final approval soon to an easy-to-use finger-prick blood test that can diagnose HIV infection in 20 minutes.
Sept. 28, 2002
Agriculture: New parent company says it got a lemon when it acquired Andrew & Williamson, which processed the suspect fruit.
April 8, 1997
Americans got two new tests for the AIDS virus: one to more easily detect infection and the other to predict how fast patients with the disease will sicken.
June 4, 1996