Top in ID: AIDS 2020 highlights, US withdrawal from WHO
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Details of the first case of long-term HIV remission that did not require a bone marrow transplant were presented during the virtual International AIDS 2020 Conference. It was the top story in infectious disease last week.
During another presentation, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned physicians about the potential for airborne spread of COVID-19.
Read these and more top stories in infectious disease below:
Man achieves long-term HIV remission without bone marrow transplant
Researchers reported the first case of long-term HIV remission without the need for a bone marrow transplant. Read more.
Fauci: COVID-19 was ID physicians’ ‘worst nightmare,’ warns of potential airborne spread
During an International AIDS 2020 press conference, Fauci said that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of a highly contagious respiratory illness was many infectious disease physicians’ “worst nightmare.” Read more.
Experts react to ‘ruinous’ decision to withdraw US from WHO
Last week, President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to formally withdraw the United States from WHO. Read more.
COVID-19 knocks HIV goals ‘completely off track’
COVID-19 will set back the goal to end AIDS by 2030, stalling an already off-track goal even further, according to a presentation from the opening session of the AIDS 2020 virtual meeting. Read more.
Trial ‘definitively’ shows superiority of long-acting injectable PrEP
A PrEP regimen containing long-acting injectable cabotegravir (ViiV Healthcare) provided superior protection against HIV infection compared with daily oral PrEP, updated study findings confirmed. Read more.