On February 10, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) moved to alleviate the concerns of HIV/AIDS patients worried they would lose their emergency housing assistance under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act.

HRSA announced that the previous 24-month cumulative cap on housing assistance would no longer be enforced.

The first people affected by this cap would have lost their housing this coming March.

However, with this announcement HIV/AIDS patients receiving short-term housing care can relax, knowing the cap will not be as strictly enforced…

On Friday, President Obama signed legislation to extend the Ryan White Care Act and announced a final decision to eliminate the HIV entry ban.

Since 1987, HIV-positive people have been turned away at immigration. In July 2009 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proposed to remove HIV from the list of diseases that pose a public health threat.

The CDC’s proposal stated that HIV is not a “communicable disease that is a significant threat for introduction, transmission, and spread to the U.S. population through casual contact.”

The final…