Metro Atlanta residents can now pick up free HIV test kits at seven area Walmart stores.
Telemedicine provider MISTR is offering test kits until supplies last to address widespread HIV infections in Georgia, an issue that public health officials have termed an epidemic for years. Atlanta ranked third-highest for rate of HIV infections in 2022 among metro areas in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Per the agency, around 16% of Georgians with HIV do not know they have the virus.
The epidemic disproportionately affects Black and Latino gay and bisexual men. Black and Latinx populations experienced lower viral suppression than white populations in 2022, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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