TESTING AT LOCAL HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY…

AID Atlanta is now providing HIV TESTING AT MORESHOUSE COLLEGE EVERY 1st AND 3rd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH ( STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES)

AID Atlanta is providing HIV TESTING AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY …OCTOBER 13th from 10 AM to 2PM

BE AWARE…KNOW YOUR STATUS…
AID Atlanta’s ASK US Youth Outreach Program is providing HIV Antibody testing for the students at Morehouse College every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 2-6 pm!!

BE AWARE…KNOW YOUR STATUS…
AID Atlanta’s ASK US Youth Outreach Program is providing HIV Antibody testing for the students at Morehouse College every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 2-6 pm!!!

Find a testing site near you…

http://www.hivtest.org

Come out and get tested….Metro Atlanta, GA
AID Atlanta testing at the following locations:

Saturday, February 5th

· Greenbriar Mall- 2841 Greenbriar Parkway SW, Atlanta, GA 30331
· 11:00a.m.-5:00p.m.

Sunday, February 6th

· South Cobb Recreation Center- 875 Six Flags Drive, Austell GA 30168
· 11:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

Monday, February 7th

· AID Atlanta, Inc.’s Main Office
· 12:00p.m.-7:00p.m.

The MLK March is scheduled to start at 1:30 pm in Atlanta, GA

Today a new HIV test was approved for usage in the United States.  Although the test is already widely used in Europe as the primary test used to detect HIV, it has just been approved on expedited review by the FDA.

ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo, the new test released by Abbott Laboritories, tests for HIV antigens and antibodies (hence the “combo”) and will be widely available for usage soon. Antigens are specific proteins that bind to the antibody and allow it to develop and fight.  More importantly, antigens are present in the body before the production of antibodies.

Now, HIV can be detected in the body weeks, even months, earlier than before! This is CRUCIAL to preventing the spread of HIV because newly infected individuals are often the most contagious (since they haven’t produced those antibodies). However, regardless of whether you get the NEW test or the “OLD” test… Get TESTED!

Click here for testing sites near you!

As is known, the majority of those who join the military for the first time are between the ages of 17 and 24 years-old. Unfortunately, many of these young men and women who choose the military as their career of choice, or just a stepping stone, are being turned away.

This year a study conducted by Mission: Readiness, an organization of retired senior military leader concluded that today, more than ¼ of 17 to 24 year-olds are too fat to serve in the military.

Nonetheless, the military is still meeting all of its recruitment requirements and has not seen an actual decrease in enlistment because of out-of-shape recruits. Mission’s spokesperson Amy Dawson Taggart believes this is because of the current state of the economy; she explains that the sour economy has driven many into military service and that as the economy improves, less and less recruits that qualify will want or need to join.

Still, the military will work with any recruit to help him or her lose weight and join, but “to develop a sustainable military, and society,” Taggart says, “our country must stress personal fitness and eating fast foods. No more fast foods.”

Do you think the military should change its standards?

                Or should we just head to the gym?