Explained: How worried should we be about blood clots linked to AstraZeneca, J&J vaccines?Amid concerns that reports of rare side-effects could undermine vaccine confidence, experts have emphasised that clotting risks for both sh...
27 May, 2021, 07.27 PM IST
EU regulator advices against second AstraZeneca shot in those with blood clotsThe advice for healthcare professionals was provided by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as part of an ongoing review into rare, but sev...
21 May, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
AstraZeneca vaccine benefits increase with age: EU drug watchdogThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) was presenting its findings after the European Commission asked it to look into concerns that prompted ...
23 Apr, 2021, 08.38 PM IST
EU agency says people should get second dose of AstraZeneca tooThe agency said there were "no or limited data to change current recommendations." It said it wasn't known whether the risk of a rare blood...
23 Apr, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
European Medicines Agency to issue more guidance on AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shotEarlier this month, the Amsterdam-based drug regulator for the 27-nation European Union said there was a "possible link" between the AstraZ...
23 Apr, 2021, 06.48 PM IST
Johnson & Johnson asked rival COVID-19 vaccine makers to probe clotting risks: WSJAstraZeneca, which had been buffeted by similar blood-clotting concerns for weeks, agreed, while Pfizer Inc and Moderna executive declined,...
16 Apr, 2021, 05.34 PM IST
Covid vaccines and rare blood clots are making headlines. Before you worry, here's everything you need to knowConcerning symptoms may occur a week to three weeks after the J&J vaccine.
14 Apr, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
How worried should we be about blood clots linked to AstraZeneca and J&J vaccines?With both the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson (J&J)vaccines, the reports involve extremely rare clotting, including a type of blood clot ...
13 Apr, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Australia rules out adding Johnson & Johnson vaccine to inoculation planThe government had been in talks with the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant, which had asked the Australian regulator, Therapeutic Good...
13 Apr, 2021, 01.07 PM IST
WHO says surplus AstraZeneca vaccines in rich nations must go to poor countriesWHO said there is an acute shortage of vaccines and most countries did not have any doses to cover frontline workers such as healthcare sta...
11 Apr, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
How worried should we be about links of blood clots to AstraZeneca's vaccine?The EMA said its vaccine side effects monitoring system, as of April 4, had received 169 reports of cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombos...
09 Apr, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
UK agency: Under-30s to be offered non-AstraZeneca vaccineThe decision was announced soon after the European Union's drug regulator said it had found a ``possible link'' between the AstraZeneca cor...
07 Apr, 2021, 11.27 PM IST
European Medicines Agency confirms clots as 'very rare' AstraZeneca side effectNo specific risk factors, including age, have been identified for thrombosis with the AstraZeneca shot, which could stem from an immune res...
07 Apr, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
UK regulator found total of 30 cases of blood clot events after AstraZeneca vaccine useMHRA, European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization have reiterated that benefits of the vaccine in the prevention of COVID-1...
03 Apr, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Australia probes if blood clot case linked to AstraZeneca vaccineAustralia launched mass vaccinations for its 25 million people in February, with most expected to receive the University of Oxford/AstraZen...
02 Apr, 2021, 12.52 PM IST
EXPLAINER: What we know about AstraZeneca blood clot reportsEarlier in March, more than a dozen countries, including Germany, suspended their use of AstraZeneca over the blood clot issue.
31 Mar, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
Germany postpones vaccination summit over AstraZeneca furoreA growing number of European countries - including Germany, France, Italy and Spain - suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, t...
16 Mar, 2021, 02.22 PM IST