A bride and groom in the United States have opened up about the “scary” experience of having their wedding turn into a superspreader event, warning other couples to think twice about getting hitched during a pandemic. Mikayla and Anthony Bishop were among the 32 people at their wedding who ended up infected with coronavirus, with… Read More »
Almost half of HIV diagnoses in Europe are among people whose immune systems have already been seriously weakened by HIV, an international team of investigators report in BMC Infectious Diseases. Just under half a million people, half of them in Russia, are estimated to have received a late HIV diagnosis between 2010 and 2016. Late… Read More »
South Australia has recorded its first community transmitted coronavirus cases since April after three infections were reported on Sunday. The source of the new infections are not known and threatens to spook plans to open borders in coming weeks as health authorities conduct urgent contract tracing. A woman in her 80s was diagnosed at Adelaide’s… Read More »
HPTN 084 study finds significantly lower adherence in women taking daily PrEP pills A second study of an injectable HIV drug used to prevent HIV has had its randomised phase stopped early after it became clear that giving women a two-monthly injection of a prevention drug resulted in nearly nine times fewer infections than giving… Read More »