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Article: U.S. Waives HIV Rule For N.Y. Gay Games
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 23, 1994
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WASHINGTON The Clinton administration will allow foreigners with
the virus that causes AIDS to attend the Gay Games in New York in
June.
Attorney General Janet Reno approved a waiver Tuesday to a rule
barring people with the AIDS virus from entering the United States.
Visas granted under the waiver will allow stays of up to 10
days. The Gay Games run eight days. Two additional days were
allotted for travel.
Reno acted after the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention advised her there was no public health reason to prohibit
the brief stay, and the Health and Human Services Department
determined that visits up to 90 days would not harm public health.
Between 10,000 and ...