Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging Americans to follow their recommendation to get tested for HIV regularly.

In the year 2006, the CDC ame out and recommended that all Americans under the age of 65 be offered an HIV test whenever they went to the emergency room or saw a doctor.

The hope was that by getting more Americans to have an HIV test they could better prevent the disease.

It has not worked though as the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research has found that less than 5% of Americans received the free HIV test.

This is a scary number as many Americans may have HIV and not even know it.