WPB HIV case surfaces amid statewide cuts to medication assistance

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) β€” A West Palm Beach woman is facing serious felony charges after investigators say she had sex with multiple people without disclosing that she was HIV positive. The case comes at a time when access to critical HIV medication has been tightening across Florida.

According to a probable cause affidavit, 34-year-old Julieann Pixley was diagnosed with HIV in 2013 but stopped taking her prescribed antiretroviral medication in recent months, citing β€œoral pain.”

Shortly after she stopped treatment, men came forward to detectives, reporting that they later tested positive for HIV…

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