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Miami Obstetrician Dies After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr. Gregory Michael, an obstetrician in private practice at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, received a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccine on December 18, 2020 and died 16 days later of a cerebral hemorrhage (stroke).1 Within three days of taking the shot, he developed symptoms of a severe autoimmune… Read More: Miami Obstetrician Dies After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine »

A triumph for injectable PrEP, but a sobering result for oral PrEP

Women taking long-acting injections of cabotegravir had 89% fewer HIV infections than women prescribed daily PrEP pills in a landmark study conducted in seven African countries, Dr Sinead Delany-Moretlwe of the University of Witwatersrand told the virtual HIV Research for Prevention conference today. As conference co-chair Professor Sheena McCormack commented, the results are a triumph… Read More: A triumph for injectable PrEP, but a sobering result for… »