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

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

“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

If just one of those donors was HIV positive, then the virus could be passed on.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2022

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