HIV-positive

Example Sentences

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More than 40 percent of pregnant women my colleagues and I saw were HIV positive, and I cared for many patients who died of AIDS.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2025

“When I announced I was HIV positive, Jerry West and I sat in his office and cried for like 20 minutes together,” Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2024

I have very clear memories of my friends mourning the death of basketball player Magic Johnson on the night we learned he was HIV positive.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2023

In 2019, Mr Thomas revealed he was HIV positive, saying at the time that he wanted to "break the stigma" around the condition.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022

Magic Johnson's admission that he had tested HIV positive was followed, less than two days later, by the "We still love you" T- shirts in Los Angeles.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai