Tipoffs for Maine (New England)
Maine Gov. Mills: Maine's Mobile Vaccination Unit Ends Mission After Delivering More Than 10,000 COVID-19 Vaccinations
AUGUSTA, Maine, June 19 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
After administering more than 10,000 vaccinations across 12 communities in Maine since its launch on April 12, the Maine Mobile Vaccination Unit (MVU) will end its mission today, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Old Orchard Beach.
The MVU, a partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of Maine, provided free COVID-19 vaccinations by appointment or on a drop-in basis to adults
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University of California-San Francisco: Sudden Cardiac Death More Likely to Fell Persons With HIV Infection
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:
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Autopsies Consistently Find Fibrosis in Hearts of the HIV-Positive
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Individuals infected with HIV are more than twice as likely to die from sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared to the general population, and are more likely to have hearts compromised by fibrosis, a factor that may play a role in increasing their susceptibility to SCD, according to new
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