HIV-positive
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 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
