{"id":40386,"date":"2021-04-01T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=40386"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:26:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:26:42","slug":"htb-no-4-plus-hiv-and-covid-19-1-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/40386","title":{"rendered":"HTB: no. 4 \u2013 plus HIV and COVID-19 (1 April 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-40411\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HTB-4-1-April-2021-cover-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HTB-4-1-April-2021-cover-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HTB-4-1-April-2021-cover-723x1024.png 723w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HTB-4-1-April-2021-cover-768x1087.png 768w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HTB-4-1-April-2021-cover-1085x1536.png 1085w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HTB-4-1-April-2021-cover.png 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/date\/2021\/04\">Contents online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HTB-4-1-April-2021.pdf\">Download 1 April 2021 PDF<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 1 column<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/forms\/esub.php\">Subscribe to HTB by email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This issue of HTB includes a second set of reports from CROI 2021, on new treatment for HIV and for COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review of research into experimental capsid inhibitor lenacapavir.<\/li>\n<li>New compounds to treat and prevent COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li>Studies on HIV and pregnancy, including issues on weight gain during pregnancy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The COVID-19 supplement includes two new annoucnements from BHIVA.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>COVID-19 vaccine guidelines are now online for comment.<\/li>\n<li>An update on accessing vaccinations from UK HIV clinics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Other HIV news includes the collaboration between Gilead and Merck\/MSD that should enable quicker development of long-acting ART than has the potential for only needing six-monthly dosing.<\/p>\n<p>We also link to the UK issues of cancelled funding for reasearch supporting global health.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-40209\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CROI-2021-logo-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CROI-2021-logo-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CROI-2021-logo.png 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/strong>Open access CROI &#8211; and the importance of supporting virtual meetings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>We report additional good news that from 15 April 2021 the CROI 2021 wesite will become open access. This is an essential change as a previous proposal included having a pay wall to access content, for at least the first six months. This was to cover financial uncertainty of holding a virtual meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We thank the organisers for this important change.<\/p>\n<p>Continued delegate registration is an important issue for virtual medical conferences in general. These events rely on registration fees, which for some meetings are now lower compared to in-person events.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual meetings are also less expensive for us to attend (with no travel and accommodation costs), so supporting the events with registration is a community response that involves us all. Also in recognising that advances in HIV care have for many years been driven more by conference news than peer-review publications, or even guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><i>Virtual meetings are not a way to by-pass registration to get free data.<\/i> They are an evolving development from the COVID crisis and they need to be supported to ensure continued access to the latest developments in a trusted setting.<\/p>\n<p>We strongly encourage readers to actively support these meetings, including for the upcoming BHIVA spring conference being held as a virtual meeting form 19 to 21 April 2021.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/AnnualConference2021\">https:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/AnnualConference2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The recent virtual Best of CROI 2021 meeting organised by BHIVA focussed on the most important presentations related to clinical care. 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