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"We are very pleased to have expanded our distribution base with Rite Aid by adding Thrifty PayLess stores, " said Jim Kammann, Director of Sales for Home Access. "The addition of these stores strengthens our reach out west, especially in California, where interest in our products and services is extremely high." Both Home Access products are also available at Rite Aid drugstores in: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and at Thrifty PayLess Stores in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
Rite Aid, based in Camp Hill, Pa., is one of the nation's largest drugstore chain with 3,623 stores in 27 states and the District of Columbia. General information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available, free of charge, through the company's News-On-Demand fax service at (800) 916-7788 and its home page on the Internet at http://www.RiteAid.com .
The Home Access HIV Test System allows people to test anonymously for HIV within the privacy of their own homes and get results and counseling by telephone. Home Access HIV test kits are available by mail by calling 1 800 HIV-TEST and are carried in more than 18,000 drugstores throughout the US including: Brooks, Duane Reade, Eckerd Drug, Farmacias El Amal, Genovese, Osco, Phar-Mor, Revco, Rite Aid, Sav-On, Thrifty Payless, Walgreens and Wal-Mart. More information about Home Access Health can be found at the website www.homeaccess.com .
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CONTACT: Home Access Health Corporation Kevin Johnson, 847/781-2504 or at kj@homeaccess.com or Rite Aid Corporation Sara Datz, 717/975-5718
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