May 2021

Contents

Editorial

HTB: no. 5 – plus HIV and COVID-19 (3 May 2021)

In memory

In memory: Paul Decle – community activist, gardener and friend

Conference reports

Joint BHIVA/BASHH Spring Conference 2021

BHIVA registry reports HIV is independently linked to worse presentation and outcomes from COVID-19

HIV is linked to higher mortality from COVID-19 compared to HIV negative: 60% of deaths were black ethnicity

Case-control study of HIV positive people hospitalised with COVID-19

Treatment access

UK government to cut international HIV support to UNAIDS by 80%

Guidelines

NICE guidelines on management of chronic pain: exercise but not opiods

COVID-19: HIV and COVID-19 coinfection

US CDC includes HIV as medical criteria for priority to COVID-19 vaccines

Review of research into SARS-CoV-2 and HIV coinfection

Similar immune responses to the Oxford/AZ COVID vaccine reported In HIV positive people with high CD4 counts

COVID-19: vaccine research

Low responses to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in those older than 80 vs <60 years and in recipients of solid organ transplants

Two cases of viral breakthrough infections despite full protection from Pfizer mRNA vaccination

US post-authorisation safety data on Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

EMA review of Oxford/AZ vaccine and rare blood clots reported in the EU

Interim results report 80% efficacy for India’s COVAXIN vaccine

Three new COVID-19 vaccine studies enrolling in the UK

COVID-19: investigational drugs

Dexamethasone: final results from RECOVERY study

No impact from anakinra in mild/moderate COVID-19 pneumonia

COVID-19: long COVID

Long COVID: studies reporting on long-term follow up on COVID-19

COVID-19: transmission & prevention

Bar opening in the US: 100 guests linked to at least 46 cases of COVID-19

Large sporting event in US linked to 649 cases of COVID-19

Three carefully documented cases of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a hospital setting despite masks

PDFs

HTB: no.5 – plus HIV and COVID-19 (3 May 2021)