HIV & AIDS

CDC: HIV tests rare in medical settings among WVa drug users

Emergency departments and inpatient medical personnel rarely conducted HIV testing on intravenous drug users in a West Virginia county with one of the nation's highest spikes in such cases, according to a federal investigation ...

Health

Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 ...

Vaccination

Norway extends pause of AstraZeneca vaccine

Norway said on Friday it would extend its suspension of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine until April 15 to allow more time to investigate a potential link to severe blood clotting.

Vaccination

France probes death of student who got AstraZeneca jab

French authorities said Tuesday they were investigating the death of a 26-year-old medical student days after he received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, while stressing that no link had been established yet with the jab.

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