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| HIV testing increases in NY |
| By The New York Times |
| Published: 10/03/2006 |
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NEW YORK, NY - H.I.V. testing at New York City-owned clinics, hospitals and jails jumped by almost 50 percent in a single year, officials said yesterday, reflecting a campaign by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's administration to make that screening a routine part of health care. The steep increase actually began two years ago, primarily at the Rikers Island jail complex, then spread to clinics and hospitals. It was aided by new tests, introduced in 2003, that produce results in minutes rather than days, and by a rule adopted last year by the state Department of Health that reduced the amount of counseling required before a test. The city's Health and Hospitals Corporation tested 92,000 people in the year ended June 30, up from 58,000 the previous year, and testing is running at an annual pace well over 100,000, said Alan D. Aviles, president of the corporation. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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