HIV-positive

Example Sentences

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When asked about one of the complainants, he told Newcastle Crown Court the man seemed unbothered when Hall told him he was HIV positive.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

More than 40 percent of pregnant women my colleagues and I saw were HIV positive, and I cared for many patients who died of AIDS.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2025

Unlike his discomfort with being a Jew, Cohn's disconnect over his identity as a gay man wound up taking a literally deadly turn for him after he was diagnosed as HIV positive.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

A: I’m HIV positive and it hit me really hard.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Magic Johnson's admission that he had tested HIV positive was followed, less than two days later, by the "We still love you" T- shirts in Los Angeles.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai