Conference Reports

American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2021

Virtual

14 May 2021 - 19 May 2021

Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting

Virtual

30 April 2021 - 04 May 2021

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (Virtual CROI 2021)

Virtual

06 March 2021 - 10 March 2021

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting - Virtual Experience

13 November 2020 - 15 November 2020

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases - The Liver Meeting Digital Experience

Boston, Massachusetts

13 November 2020 - 16 November 2020

HIV Glasgow 2020 Virtual

05 October 2020 - 08 October 2020

ID Week 2020 Virtual Conference

21 October 2020 - 25 October 2020

ESCMID Conference on Corona Virus Disease (ECCVID)

virtual

23 September 2020 - 25 September 2020

23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020) Virtual

06 July 2020 - 10 July 2020

Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2020)

08 March 2020 - 11 March 2020

10th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019)

Mexico City, Mexico

21 July 2019 - 24 July 2019

American Thoracic Society 2019 (ATS 2019) International Conference

Dallas, Texas, US

17 May 2019 - 22 May 2019

29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2019)

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

13 April 2019 - 16 April 2019

European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2018

15 September 2018 - 19 September 2018

22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

23 July 2018 - 27 July 2018

American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018)

San Diego, California, US

18 May 2018 - 23 May 2018

28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2018)

Madrid, Spain

21 April 2018 - 24 April 2018

National-Dengue-and-Arbovirus-Infection-Conference-2017

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

12 August 2017 - 13 August 2017

15th Urological Association of Asia Congress (UAA 2017)

04 August 2017 - 06 August 2017

26th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)

Shanghai, China

15 February 2017 - 19 February 2017

Can pregnant women transmit COVID-19 to their infant during delivery?

Stephen Padilla, 07 Dec 2020

A multicentre descriptive study in Spain has not detected any transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during delivery or throughout the first month of life in the newborns. In addition, the rates of exclusive breastfeeding at discharge and at 1 month of age are lower than expected.

Systemic corticoids cut death risk in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Tristan Manalac, 22 Feb 2021

The systemic use of corticosteroids lowers 28-day all-cause mortality among patients with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as opposed to usual care or placebo, according to the REACT* meta-analysis presented at the recently concluded eCritical Care Reviews Meeting 2021 (eCCR21).

IV immunoglobulins + methylprednisolone tied to better outcomes in MIS-C

Audrey Abella, 29 Mar 2021

The addition of methylprednisolone to intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) was associated with more favourable fever course and secondary outcomes in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) compared with IVIG alone, a French retrospective analysis has shown.

Excess mortality exceeds reported deaths from COVID-19

Stephen Padilla, 01 Jun 2021

Nearly 1 million excess deaths have been recorded in 2020 in 29 high-income countries, with age-standardized excess death rates being higher in men than in women, a study has shown. Sex inequality in mortality has further widened in most countries in 2020.