Chris Kornelis is an obituaries reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He joined the Journal’s staff in 2023 after a decade as ...

Hydeia Broadbent, who was born with HIV and spent nearly her entire life — ever since she was a young girl — as an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, died Feb. 20 at a ...

Hydeia Broadbent, the HIV/AIDS activist who came to national prominence in the 1990s as a young child for her inspirational talks to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with ...

When Johnson asked if anyone in the group was HIV-positive, two girls raised their hands. The youngest was 7-year-old Hydeia Broadbent.