First organ transplant between people with HIV

The first organ transplant between HIV-positive patients in the USA is carried out in John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, after having been banned since 1988 out of fear of infection. The ban is overturned in 2013 with the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, a decision that means that organs of HIV-positive donors no longer go to waste. Donors and recipients must be on similar drug regiments, however, to avoid introducing more aggressive strains of the virus to the recipient. This decision provides many people living with HIV with the life-saving care they need, and will also see the largest increase to the donor pool ever.