{"id":18553,"date":"2025-06-26T08:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/?p=18553"},"modified":"2025-06-26T08:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:46:13","slug":"national-hiv-testing-day-june-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/2025\/06\/national-hiv-testing-day-june-27\/","title":{"rendered":"National HIV Testing Day \u2013 June 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-18554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/06\/June-27-SMP-II-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/06\/June-27-SMP-II-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/06\/June-27-SMP-II-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/06\/June-27-SMP-II.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) was first <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">observed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\"> on June 27, 1995. This is a day to encourage people to <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW240350992 BCX4\" href=\"https:\/\/locator.hiv.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">get tested for HIV<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">, know their status, and get linked to care and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">treatment. Testing <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">whether in-person or through self-tests connects individuals to prevention or treatment options. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">The only way to know your HIV status is to get <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">tested. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">So,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\">this year on June 27<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW240350992 BCX4\" data-fontsize=\"11\">th<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240350992 BCX4\"> level up your self-love: check your status.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW240350992 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) was first observed on June 27, 1995. This is a day to encourage people to get tested for HIV, know their status, and get linked to care and treatment. Testing whether in-person or through self-tests connects individuals to prevention or treatment options. The only way to know your HIV status &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/2025\/06\/national-hiv-testing-day-june-27\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about National HIV Testing Day \u2013 June 27\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120087,"featured_media":18554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National HIV Testing Day \u2013 June 27 - UNC Center for AIDS Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/2025\/06\/national-hiv-testing-day-june-27\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National HIV Testing Day \u2013 June 27 - UNC Center for AIDS Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) was first observed on June 27, 1995. 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