More, but not enough, Americans get AIDS tests
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(Reuters) - Guidelines making AIDS tests part of routine care have helped get more Americans tested, but more than half of adults still have no idea if they are infected, government researchers reported on Tuesday.
Nearly 83 million Americans have been tested for the AIDS virus, 11.4 million of them since the guidelines were issued in 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
But 200,000 Americans are infected with the virus and do not know it, CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden said.
"The numbers show that progress is possible," Frieden told a news conference.
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