World AIDS Day: find HIV testing sites by SMS

December 1st is World AIDS Day, established by The World Health Organization in 1988. Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation announced the new short code KNOWIT (566948) for locating HIV testing sites. Text your zip code to KNOWIT and you'll get a response back with nearby testing sites.

For example, I tried sending the text "10173" (a Manhattan zip code) to 566948, and got back the response:

    Testing Center: New York University School of Medicine
    and Hospitals Center (212) 263-6426. More locations
    call 1-800-232-4636.

This sounds like a good way to discreetly and easily find a testing location. It's a good resource that people should be made aware of.