HIV-positive

Example Sentences

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And when the CDC asked him to get retested, this time he was HIV positive.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 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

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