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Free HIV Testing Offered Wednesday

Wheeler Cowperthwaite (Flikr)

The Fort Wayne/Allen County Dept. of Health will be offering free rapid HIV testing from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Walgreens, 110 E. Creighton Ave.

The test is free and confidential. No appointments are necessary and the results are available within 20 minutes, according to a release from the Fort Wayne/Allen County Dept. of Health.

Other confidential HIV testing sites include:

  • Fort Wayne-Allen County Dept. of Health (FWACDOH) Medical Annex: 4813 New Haven Ave; (260) 449-7504 by appointment Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • FWACDOH Off-site Clinics: o 519 Oxford St; Wednesdays 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. (Beginning June 27, 2018, the clinic hours will change to: 1:30-4:00 p.m.)
  • Walgreens: 110 E. Creighton Ave; Every Wednesday 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.; For questions, call (260) 449-4369

To find other testing locations near you, visit gettested.cdc.gov or text your zip code to KNOWIT (566948).

Rebecca manages the news at WBOI. She joined the staff in December 2017, and brought with her nearly two decades of experience in print journalism, including 15 years as an award-winning reporter for the Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne.