Free HIV screenings offered

El-Ada Community Action Partnership will offer free HIV screenings in Mountain Home on Thursday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at the El-Ada offices, 240 N. 3rd East St.

There are no needle sticks or blood involved with the screening. An oral sample is taken from the gum line. Results are read in 20 minutes. The screening is confidential. Free condoms and safer sex products will be provided and also available free at El-Ada on an on-going basis.