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HIV-positive

[eych-ahy-vee-poz-i-tiv] / ˈeɪtʃ aɪˌviˈpɒz ɪ tɪv /
NOUN
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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As Robert Zaldivar stresses, the only way to protect L.A.’s Latino HIV-positive community is to support remaining HIV services to get tested or donate to local service organizations.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Wilson’s doctor told him that he was HIV-positive, had six months to live and that he should get his affairs in order.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2025

Among the television roles she was best known for was the recurring character of an HIV-positive nurse in the hospital drama Soul City.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

Many HIV-positive sex workers in South Africa relied on private clinics funded by the US government's now-defunct aid agency, USAID, to get their prescriptions and treatments.

From BBC Jul. 10, 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




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