Roughly one in eight people living with HIV in the United States does not know it. For most of them, the barrier is not access. Free tests can be mailed to any American address in discreet packaging, and a self-test takes about 20 minutes at a kitchen table.
CDC's most recent estimate put 1.2 million people in the country living with HIV, with 87 percent aware of their status. That leaves roughly 156,000 people undiagnosed, a figure that has moved only slightly in recent years.
