WPB HIV case surfaces amid statewide cuts to medication assistance

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — 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 “oral pain.”

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

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