HIV positive
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In one case, officials said both parents of a three-year-old were HIV positive.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
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
“When I announced I was HIV positive, Jerry West and I sat in his office and cried for like 20 minutes together,” Johnson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2024
I have very clear memories of my friends mourning the death of basketball player Magic Johnson on the night we learned he was HIV positive.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 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 Mihai Nadin
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