AEGiS-Chicago Tribune: Clinics to offer faster HIV tests

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Clinics to offer faster HIV tests

Chicago Tribune - August 8, 2004

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Department of Public Health recently rolled out its federally funded Rapid HIV Testing Demonstration Project, under which those taking HIV tests can get their results in hours, rather the days or weeks it typically once took.

The tests now are available at 15 community-based health agencies and all seven Public Health Department clinics, said Mike Jackson, director of communications and policy for the department's STD/HIV/AIDS Division.

The two-year program is funded with a $404,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For information, call the state AIDS hot line at 800-243-2437.

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