The Miami medical examiner's office is investigating the death with the Florida Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The medical examiner's office in Miami is looking into the death of a doctor who died about two weeks after getting Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.
Florida doctor’s death after COVID-19 vaccine under investigation
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Questions remain in the death of a 56-year-old Miami Beach doctor who died Sunday, just a little over two weeks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, our sister station WPLG-TV in Miami reported.
Gregory Michael, M.D., whose website states he was in private practice in obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, received the vaccine at the hospital where he was affiliated on Dec. 18.
It is not clear, however, if the 56-year-old doctor’s death is related to the shot, but an investigation is underway.
By MIKE SCHNEIDERJanuary 8, 2021 GMT
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The medical examiner’s office in Miami is looking into the death of a doctor who died about two weeks after getting Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.
In a statement, Pfizer said it was aware of the death, but that it didn’t think there was any direct connection to the vaccine.
The death of Dr. Gregory Michael is being investigated along with the Florida Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Samples from an autopsy conducted Wednesday have been sent to the CDC, said Darren Caprara, director of operations for the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department.
Miami coroner and CDC reviewing doctorâs death 2 weeks after vaccine
In a statement, Pfizer said it was aware of the death, but that it didnât think there was any direct connection to the vaccine.
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The medical examiner s office in Miami and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, whose headquarters are shown here, are looking into the death of a doctor who died about two weeks after getting Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday. [ RON HARRIS | AP ]
Published Jan. 8
ORLANDO â The medical examinerâs office in Miami is looking into the death of a doctor who died about two weeks after getting Pfizerâs COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.