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NZ-Australia flights back after COVID scare

Flights between Australia and New Zealand have resumed after nearly a week, following a coronavirus outbreak scare. The travel bubble between the nations was put on hold when a 56-year-old woman New Zealand woman tested positive for the highly-contagious South African COVID-19 variant after completing 14-days in hotel quarantine in Auckland. She had tested negative… Read More: NZ-Australia flights back after COVID scare »

Huge fall in new HIV infections after roll-out of PrEP in Scotland

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… »

‘No Mercy’ Chapter 3: Patchwork of Urgent Care Frays After a Rural Hospital Closes

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Emergency care gets complicated after a hospital closes. On a cold February evening, when Robert Findley fell and hit his head on a patch of ice, his wife, Linda, called 911. The delays that came next exposed the frayed patchwork that sometimes stands in for rural health… Read More: ‘No Mercy’ Chapter 3: Patchwork of Urgent Care Frays After… »