RICHMOND, Va. (CN) —The Fourth Circuit backed a military policy in a Wednesday ruling, prohibiting the enlistment of HIV-positive, asymptomatic and undetectable individuals.
The conservative three-judge panel ruled that the military has a legitimate reason for the exclusion, bucking a 2024 injunction from a lower court that prohibited enforcement of the policy. The Fourth Circuit stayed the enforcement of the injunction in December, and by January, the military paused the recruitment of HIV-positive applicants.
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