HIV-positive
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Inspired by his late best friend, who was HIV-positive, the Wall represents to Zaldivar the power of remembering those in his community affected by HIV and AIDS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Contending with stigma and misinformation has been a constant struggle for people who are HIV-positive, he said, a struggle that Zaldivar hopes to make more visible now than it has been in previous decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The girl's mother is said to have hidden her HIV-positive status during pregnancy and travelled to Spain to give birth in 2017.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Parents of children with thalassemia in India say they are devastated after life-saving blood transfusions left their children HIV-positive, confronting them with illness, social stigma, and uncertainty.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
The second way was the American quarantine in the early 1990s of HIV-positive Haitian refugees, who were detained at the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
