HIV-positive
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We do not know if any of the children were HIV-positive but this practice creates a clear risk of viral transmission.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Parents of children with thalassemia in India say they are devastated after life-saving blood transfusions left their children HIV-positive, confronting them with illness, social stigma, and uncertainty.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
Wilson’s doctor told him that he was HIV-positive, had six months to live and that he should get his affairs in order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
Sheen also reveals in the book that some folks wanted to expose his HIV-positive diagnosis before he went public with it in 2015, according to People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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
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