A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. military cannot bar HIV-positive people whose virus is undetectable from serving in the armed forces.
In an opinion released Tuesday in the case Wilkins v. Austin, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said that, given changes in treatment and previous rulings that allow service members with HIV to stay in the military or deploy, the Defense Department failed to provide evidence that supports its argument that these potential recruits would be a financial, medical or operational burden.
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