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Proposal would remove ban on HIV foreigners' entry

The federal government moved one step closer to officially ending its long-standing ban on HIV-positive individuals visiting or moving to the United States, a move hailed by gay rights and AIDS advocates Monday.

The Department of Health and Human Services will issue proposed regulations this week that would remove HIV from the list of "communicable diseases of public health significance"...

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