Check Your Status: Free HIV Testing

Just about 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV, but nearly a quarter-million of them don’t know it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Today is National HIV Testing Day, coordinated by the National Association of People with AIDS. The awareness day aims to encourage people to get tested for the virus. Many people who are infected do not know until HIV develops into AIDS, which can take up to 10 years.

The following facility offers free HIV tests today:

Howard County Health Department 
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 
Southeastern Health Center

9525 Durness Lane in Laurel

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm.

Phone: 410-880-5888

To find additional testing sites nearby, enter your zip code here.

For more information about National HIV Testing Day, head to hivtest.org.