HHS To Propose Removal Of HIV From List Preventing Foreigners U.S. Entry

HHS this week will issue proposed regulations that would remove HIV from the list of "communicable diseases of public health significance," effectively lifting the ban on HIV-positive foreign residents from entering the country, the Long Island Newsday reports (Reddy, Long Island Newsday, 6/29). The proposed rule will be published in the Federal Register this week and then undergo a 45-day comment period before it can become final (Hsu, Washington Post's blog "44," 6/29). Click here to read more...