At The New York Times, John Leland has a moving portrait of people who accepted their own inevitable deaths two decades ago … and then those deaths didn't happen. Kept alive by HIV-fighting medications, they've watched the disease go from death sentence to little-discussed chronic illness — all while dealing with the not-inconsiderable side effects of both the virus, itself, and the medications used to treat it.
Living with HIV in middle age
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