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<description><![CDATA[The AAFP's National Conference of Special Constituencies, or NCSC, approved several public health-related resolutions during its April 23-25 meeting in Kansas City, Mo., including a proposal that would broadly expand the AAFP's current recommendations for HIV screening.]]></description>
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