The investigation into how three South Australian medi-hotel staff members contracted coronavirus, later throwing the state into lockdown, is almost complete. SA chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said she had been briefed on the report by the Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB) and was “pleased” there was no major incident or event that authorities… Read More: Minor slip ups may be behind SA outbreak »
I’m fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Isn’t that an extraordinary statement? Twelve months ago nobody had heard of COVID-19. Yet here I am with vaccine-induced antibodies that provide a significant level of protection against a virus that has caused so much illness, death, grief, hardship and loneliness, and made 2020 miserable. I still can’t quite believe… Read More: I’m living with HIV and have had the COVID vaccine »
A US study has concluded that weight gain is greater by around 2 to 4 kg in HIV-positive people taking bictegravir or dolutegravir as part of their first antiretroviral therapy (ART), compared to their counterparts using other drug regimens. A similar effect was reported in those using the protease inhibitor darunavir. The study led by… Read More: More weight gain in people starting HIV treatment with newer… »
HIV incidence is below 0.1% per year among people who inject drugs in a large Vietnamese city, Professor Don Des Jarlais and colleagues report in the December issue of AIDS. They say the data clearly demonstrate that it is possible to achieve very low HIV incidence – ‘to end an HIV epidemic’ – among people… Read More: It’s possible to end HIV epidemics among people who inject… »