Federal court issues new ruling on HIV positive enlistees

(CNN) — A Federal court has ruled the military can not keep HIV positive people from serving their country.

Legal decisions have been chipping away at the Defense Department’s stance on HIV for years.
The newest ruling broadly bars the military from preventing anyone with HIV from enlisting.

The judge said that’s because HIV  positive people with undetectable viral loads can perform any military duty.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, undetectable people cannot transmit the virus.

The Defense Department has argued providing medicine to keep those viral loads undetectable would cost the military too much.