LONDON—The first study to directly compare immune reactions between Pfizer’s and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines found strong and broadly similar antibody responses in over-80-year-olds after a first dose of either shot, scientists said on Wednesday. The UK study also found that a critical component of the immune system known as T cells showed a more enhanced…
Elderly Show Similar Antibody Response to 1st Dose of AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 Shots: UK Study
Canada Receives Report of Blood Clot Linked to AstraZeneca
OTTAWA—A Quebec woman is the first in Canada to develop a blood clot after being vaccinated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The news came as Health Canada said it was investigating reports of clots linked to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States. The Quebec health ministry and Public Health Agency of Canada reported…
Thousands of Australian Vaccines Head for Pacific
Australia will soon begin sharing its vaccine stockpile with nations in the Pacific, despite the derailment of its own inoculation plan at a time when hotel quarantine systems are reporting an influx of COVID patients. At least 10,000 Australian-manufactured doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are to be distributed each week to help the country’s neighbours…
European Officials Say AstraZeneca Vaccine Side Effects Should Include Unusual Blood Clotting
A regulatory body of the European Union, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), said that the vaccine producer AstraZeneca should make mention of rare blood clots as a possible side effect. Emer Cooke, the executive director of the EMA, said in a media briefing on Wednesday that after an in-depth examination of the vaccine, they arrived…
UK Death Toll From Blood Clots After AstraZeneca Jab Rises to 19
The number of people who have died in the UK after developing blood clots following vaccination with the AstraZeneca jab has increased to 19, the UK medicines regulator said on Wednesday. But the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) insisted that the benefits of vaccination “continue to outweigh any risks.” It also said that…
Oxford Halts AstraZeneca Vaccine Study on Kids Amid Blood Clot Link Probe
A UK trial testing the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on children and teenagers has been paused pending additional data from a probe by the UK’s medicines regulator on possible links with rare blood clotting issues in adults. University of Oxford’s Prof. Andrew Pollard said that there were “no safety…
Clear Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Rare Blood Clots in Brain, EMA Official Tells Paper
April 6, 2021
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ROME—There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday. “In my opinion, we can now say it, it is clear that there is an association…
UK Reports 7 Blood Clot Deaths After AstraZeneca Vaccine
Seven people who had received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have died after registering rare blood clot events, the UK’s medicines regulator has confirmed. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said on Apr. 1 that they had identified 30 cases of blood clot events after the use of AstraZeneca. “Out of the 30 reports…
AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspended Again in Netherlands After Woman Who Received Jab Dies
April 2, 2021
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The Netherlands temporarily suspended AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for a second time for people under the age of 60 after a woman who had received the jab died and four other women experienced serious complications, according to a report. The announcement to pause the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company’s vaccine was made in a government statement on Friday, which…
UK Finds 30 Cases of Blood Clots After AstraZeneca Vaccine Use
British regulators on Thursday said they have identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events after the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, 25 more than the agency previously reported. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said it had received no such reports of clotting events following the use of the vaccine made by…
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