Human immunodeficiency virus better known as hiv is the virus that causes aids.
Famous person living with hiv.
Hiv is a virus that weakens a person s immune system by destroying cd4 cells a type of white blood cell.
Here s a rundown of some of the most famous people living with hiv both today and in years past.
While there s still no cure for hiv it s highly manageable with antiretroviral therapy.
Famous faces of hiv and aids.
Jonathan van ness is the breakout star of netflix s queer eye reboot.
Which provides meals for homebound people with hiv.
In 2007 an estimated 33 2 million people lived with the disease worldwide and it killed an estimated 2 1 million people including 330 000 children.
Aids is a pandemic.
There are many who believe.
That s why many hiv positive celebrities like.
In a statement released shortly before his death in september 1992 he said.