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By College Press Service
As the HIV virus becomes more
common among college students,
more universities are offering AIDS
testing to students.
Appalachian State University in
Boone, N.C., has joined forces with
the N.C. State Health Department to
offer free, anonymous testing for the
HIV virus to students, campus officials
said.
The testing is held two days every
month. Students will be given a number
in order to get results anonymously,
and a total of 48 students will
be able to get the test each month.
Previously, students had the option
to have a confidential HIV test on
campus, but were required to pay a
$25 fee to send the blood to the university's
private lab. Now blood taken
for the free test will be tested at the
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versity is not paying for the AIDS test
but it is providing the state health de
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want an HIV test.
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Derrick said. "We will supply th<
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Derrick said the testing was brough
to the campus at the request of th<
students.
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Derrick said.
While Appalachian is offering
anonymous testing, other universities
are moving to confidential testing.
Duke University in Durham, N.C.,
also offers free HIV tests to students.
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test had been taken, but has changed
its policy to offer testing that does not
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Because both of the programs are
still new, university officials were un;
able to comment on their success.
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said the change in testing was
1 done to simply attract and encourage
: more students to be tested for HIV.
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