JAKARTA, Indonesia — Sri Dewi stood in the graveyard with her family, waiting their turn to bury her brother. He suffered a stroke and needed oxygen, but there wasn’t any in a hospital overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. “We took him to this hospital, but there was no room for him,” said Dewi. “The hospital was… Read More: Indonesia caught between surge and slow vaccine rollout »
More countries have joined the growing list of those who have suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine over fears around blood clots. Sweden, Latvia, Luxembourg and Cyprus on Tuesday said they were suspending the rollout, following in the footsteps of more than a dozen countries including France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands.… Read More: New countries suspend vaccine rollout »
New HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men fell by 20% after the implementation of a publicly funded PrEP programme in Scotland, while HIV incidence in a large cohort of men attending sexual health clinics fell by 43%, Professor Claudia Estcourt of Glasgow Caledonian University and colleagues report in AIDS. “We show that it is… Read More: Huge fall in new HIV infections after roll-out of PrEP… »