HIV-positive

Example Sentences

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Several of the Housewives said they have family members and friends who are HIV-positive and emphasized that the epidemic disproportionately impacts Black women.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Many of those lives were in South Africa as around 13% of the population are living with HIV, making it the country with the largest number of HIV-positive people in the world.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 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

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