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United Press International - September 1, 2007
Nine other states have similar requirements, The Boston Globe reports.
Public health officials in Massachusetts say they agree with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control that testing for AIDS should be routine. But they say that providing testing in family planning clinics, drug abuse treatment centers and community health centers will achieve the goal of wider testing of those at risk.
Massachusetts and other states that require written consent could lose some federal aid if they find fewer residents who are HIV positive. That's because the federal government now counts people who are HIV positive but asymptomatic when distributing grants.
Public health officials estimate that 1 million people in the United States are infected with HIV -- and 25 percent of them do not know it.
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