HIV-positive

Example Sentences

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By most accounts, the HIV drug lenacapavir is so effective in preventing infection and treating HIV-positive patients that it could revolutionize the fight against AIDS.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

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

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

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

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