ALEX BRUMMER: Soriot must return to save Astrazeneca’s reputation

ALEX BRUMMER: Pascal Soriot must jet back from his lockdown bolthole to safeguard Astrazeneca’s reputation By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 8 April 2021 The pandemic has created a great divide between people who think they can work efficiently from the back bedroom and … Read more

All the answers to your questions about AstraZeneca’s jab and its link to blood clots

AstraZeneca‘s coronavirus vaccine is once again under the spotlight, amid growing fears it may trigger extremely rare blood clots.  Health chiefs yesterday recommended it should not be given to under-30s because of its link to the potentially deadly complication.  But medical experts insist the jab is safe and the benefits far outweigh any risks for … Read more

What are the risks of blood clots from AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine REALLY?

The experts behind the Government’s data justifying its decision to to give under-30s the AstraZeneca vaccine have explained how they calculated the relative risks posed by coronavirus and blood clots. Slides shown at a press conference announcing the dramatic change in guidance yesterday were made by Cambridge University experts at the Winton Centre for Risk … Read more

Covid-19: EU regulators say AstraZeneca’s jab should come with warning of ‘very rare’ blood clots

The EU’s medical regulators have said that AstraZeneca‘s vaccine should come with a clear warning that blood clots are a ‘very rare side effect’.  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said most of the cases of blood clots reported have occurred in women under 60 within two weeks of vaccination with the company’s jab. No specific risk … Read more

Incredible images reveal how cells exposed to AstraZeneca’s vaccine produce the key spike protein

Scientists have produced stunning images showing exactly what happens to the cells of a person who is injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.  Images reveal how the jab forces the injected person’s own cells to make replicas of the real coronavirus spike, a glycoprotein, which sticks out from its surface.  The spikes on the surface … Read more

‘Prof Lockdown’ warns AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is ‘vulnerable’ to South African variant

Professor Neil Ferguson warned the South African strain had taken root in Europe Professor Neil Ferguson today called for tighter border controls with Europe to keep out the dangerous South African of coronavirus amid fears it could undermine Britain’s vaccine roll-out. The SAGE adviser – dubbed ‘Professor Lockdown‘ because his gloomy modelling of the first … Read more

Mother’s arm erupts in agonising red rash after getting AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine

A mother’s arm and chest erupted into an agonising red rash after she was injected with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Leigh King, a 41-year-old hairdresser from North Lanarkshire, said her skin flared up almost immediately after she got her first dose two weeks ago – and is still sore now.  ‘My skin was so sore … Read more

Canada pauses use of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine for under-55s

Canada is pausing its use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people younger than 55, amid ‘safety concerns.’  The country’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommended the pause, citing lingering worries over rare blood clots, and Health Canada officially called for the suspension on Monday.  So far, no cases of the rare but life-threatening clotting … Read more

AstraZeneca’s vaccine may trigger rare immune response that leads to clots in some people

Is THIS the link between AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine and blood clots? Shot may trigger an immune response that leads to the life-threatening side effect in rare cases, study claims About 30 cases of blood clots among people who got a dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine were reported in Europe  German researchers found signs of antibodies that … Read more

EU regulators probing whether the Pill was behind blood clots linked to AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine

Taking the contraceptive pill and smoking may have been behind blood clots found in people who had the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, experts believe. European medical regulators are investigating what triggered the handful of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CSVT) cases. But the bloc’s health chiefs have yet to make any conclusions.  More than a dozen EU nations … Read more