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Sweden records 30,000 suspected side effects from Covid vaccines, with AstraZeneca’s jab linked to more than half of all reports

According to the Swedish Medical Products Agency, as of last week, the Scandinavian nation had received 31,844 reports of adverse…

3 years ago

Japan’s booking platform for Covid vaccine appointment crashes as Tokyo struggles to kick-start inoculation program

On Wednesday, Salesforce experienced a global outage, described by chief technology officer Parker Harris as a “major disruption,” crippling Japan’s…

3 years ago

Smearing yourself in cow dung won’t cure Covid, Indian doctors warn, as country’s seven-day case rate hits new high

On Tuesday, India’s seven-day average case count for Covid-19 reached a record high of 390,995 as the World Health Organization…

3 years ago

Slovakia suspends use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for first doses after blood clot-linked death of recipient

The death of a 47-year-old woman was likely connected to her receiving the Anglo-Swedish vaccine, due to a medical predisposition…

3 years ago

EU to hit AstraZeneca with second lawsuit over Covid-19 vaccine delivery delays, spokesperson says

“Tomorrow, the case against AstraZeneca on the merits [of the proposed lawsuit] will be introduced before the Belgian court,” the…

3 years ago

FDA authorizes emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for American children as young as 12

“Today's action allows for a younger population to be protected from COVID-19, bringing us closer to returning to a sense…

3 years ago

WHO classes Indian Covid-19 variant as ‘global’ concern, amid worries of vaccine resistance

First identified in India last year, the B.1.617 strain is believed to be behind the wave of infections and deaths…

3 years ago

Fauci claims there’s ‘no doubt’ US has ‘UNDERCOUNTED’ its Covid-19 deaths

“I think there’s no doubt that we are and have been undercounting,” Fauci said on Sunday during NBC’s ‘Meet the…

3 years ago

‘Welcome reassurance’: Mild Covid-19 infection unlikely to cause lasting heart damage, UK study finds

University College London (UCL) researchers analysed MRI scans of 149 healthcare workers; 74 of whom had recovered from previous mild…

3 years ago

EU did not renew its order for AstraZeneca Covid-19 jabs beyond June, bloc’s vaccines boss says

No new orders for the AstraZeneca vaccine – recently rebranded as Vaxzevria – have been made by the European Union,…

3 years ago