Medicines & vaccines articles
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European Medicines Agency says modified Covid vaccine needed to combat new variant
A new variant of the coronavirus has become dominant, supplanting other versions of the virus. This is why the Emergency Task Force of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam issued a statement on Tuesday advising that the Covid-19 vaccine be adapted ahead of vaccination campaigns organized by EU Member States this year and next, beginning with vaccination rounds in the autumn.
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The Covid vaccine is dead! Long live the Covid vaccine ?!
Did you know that four years after the Great Covid Pandemonium erupted, vaccine mandates are still being enforced in the…What to read next: After the Thalidomide apology, where is the Covid vaccine apology? | Port Macquarie educator fired during Covid slams medical authoritarianism | The Covid show must go on! | Last of the Covid midwits
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AstraZeneca admits its vaccine causes clotting: Why Covishield vaccine takers in India shouldn't panic
Global pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca has admitted that its COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers from the Oxford University, can cause a rare side effect of blood clotting and low platelet count after immunisation. In India, the same vaccine, called Covishield and manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute, has been administered through 175 crore doses. Understandably, this raises questions as to the safety of the jab all of us took. The company made this admission of a side...