HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that affects your immune system. It spreads through contact with certain body fluids, like blood and sexual fluids.

Click the link below for more information from the World Health Organization (WHO):
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hiv-aids

Early signs can feel like the flu, such as fever, tiredness, and sore throat. Later on, people may lose weight or have swollen lymph nodes.

Click the link below for more information from the Central of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/

You can get tested at health clinics, hospitals, or use home test kits.

Click the link below for more information from the Shelby County Health Department for understanding PrEP/PEP and HIV Testing:
https://www.shelbytnhealth.com/657/Free-HIV-Testing

HIV is the virus, and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is the late stage of HIV when the immune system is very weak.

HIV.gov provides definition for both HIV and AIDS allowing readers to understand the difference and how both are acquired. Click the link below to learn more information HIV.gov:
https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/about-hiv-and-aids/what-are-hiv-and-aids