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Austin, was filed on behalf of three HIV-positive individuals who — due to the military policy of prohibiting people already diagnosed with HIV from enlisting or reenlisting — were barred from ...
In 2022, Brinkema, in a separate pair of cases, struck down the military’s ban on people who are HIV-positive from joining the armed forces as officers or deploying abroad.
The military ban on HIV-positive recruits affects gay and bisexual men in particular, given they are about two-thirds of the approximately 1.24 million people in the United States living with HIV.
In August 2024, a federal Virginia judge immediately ordered that HIV-positive individuals "with an undetectable viral load" and also who are "fit and healthy" must be allowed, permitted and included within the US Military - regardless of being retained or wanting to join.
The United States Military HIV Research Program (USMHRP or MHRP) was initiated by the United States Congress in 1986, in reaction to the threat of lost effectiveness of U.S./Allied troops due to HIV infection. The mission of MHRP is to develop an HIV-1 vaccine, provide prevention, care, and treatment, and conduct meaningful HIV/AIDS research ...
Lifting of restrictions on gay and lesbian service in the Canadian Forces has not led to any change in military performance, unit cohesion, or discipline. Self-identified gay, lesbian, and transsexual members of the Canadian Forces contacted for the study describe good working relationships with peers.
In a landmark ruling, a federal court has ordered the Defense Department to end a long-standing Pentagon policy forbidding enlisted military service members Judge strikes down military's limits on ...
Birx became the director of the United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, a position she held for nine years, from 1996 to 2005. In that position, Birx led the HIV vaccine clinical trial of RV 144, the first supporting evidence of any vaccine being effective in lowering the risk of contracting ...