Brown University Not Denying That Student Was Hospitalized After COVID-19 Vaccination

A COVID-19 vaccine in Washington in a May 6, 2021, file image. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A top university in Rhode Island isn’t denying that a student at the school was hospitalized with heart inflammation after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

Russell Carey, an executive vice president at the school, said in a recent missive (pdf) that the university wouldn’t comment on a specific student’s medical condition.