The fight against HIV

Norwegian man cured of HIV – siblings had rare mutation

A 63-year-old man in Oslo has been cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant from his brother, AFP reports. The man, who had been living with HIV since 2006, received a transplant from his older brother in 2020 to treat a blood cancer. Doctors then discovered that the brother carried a rare genetic mutation that blocks HIV.

After the transplant, the patient was able to stop taking HIV medications, and researchers found no traces of the virus in his blood, intestines or bone marrow. The man is now said to be feeling well and has a lot of energy.

– He feels like he has won the lottery twice. He was cured of his bone marrow disease, which can be fatal, and now he is most likely also cured of HIV, Marius Trøseid, one of the study's authors, told Live Science.

The case, described in the journal Nature Microbiology, is one of about ten in the world where a person has recovered from HIV after a stem cell transplant. The researchers emphasize that the method is not practically possible in most cases, but that the results may provide clues to future treatments.

Hospital reused syringes – linked to HIV outbreak

A hospital in Taunsa, Pakistan, is linked to an HIV outbreak among children, reports the BBC. The BBC Eye program has filmed how hospital staff systematically deviate from guidelines to reduce the spread of infection. Among other things, syringes were reused on about ten occasions – in four cases, medicine from the same bottle was given to different children. Staff also gave injections without sterile gloves.

The hospital’s medical director refuses to recognize the footage as authentic and claims that the hospital is safe for children.

Over 300 children have tested positive for HIV in the city between November 2024 and October 2025. Up to 70 of them are reported to have been treated at the hospital in question before receiving their diagnosis.