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AstraZeneca Covid vaccine: Court case, rare side effects, admission of guilt, and more. All you need to know
This damning revelation can potentially pave the way for AstraZeneca to cough up millions of dollars in legal payout. Here's all you need to know
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AstraZeneca admits in court that its Covid vaccine can ‘in very rare cases, cause TTS’
AstraZeneca is facing class action suits over claims that its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in conjunction with Oxford, caused serious injury or death in dozens of cases
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AstraZeneca's COVID jab Vaxzevria gets authorisation as booster in European Union
The vaccine can now be used as a third shot in patients that have been vaccinated with two shots of either Vaxzevria itself or any other EU-approved mRNA coronavirus vaccine
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'Top Gun: Maverick' new trailer out, Tom Cruise returns to the cockpit
Nearly thirty years later Tom Cruise returns as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, the Navy'stop aviator in director Joseph Kosinski's film 'Top Gun: Maverick'.
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AstraZeneca's new vaccine trial aims to treat severe COVID-19 symptoms
The drug created a statistically significant reduction in severe COVID-19 symptoms or death in non-hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms
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Australia reports second death 'possibly' due to blood clots after AstraZeneca shot
Till now, Australia has reported 35 confirmed cases of TTS, out of which 31 have been discharged from the hospital and the remaining, are receiving treatment
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Pfizer less effective, AstraZeneca even worse against variant first detected in India: Study
There was a three-fold decrease in the number of antibodies of people who had taken the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the B.1.617 variant, but still, there was protection
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Famous UK radio journalist died due to blood clots after taking AstraZeneca Covid jab, family claims
A week after taking the AstraZeneca jab, she started suffering from severe headaches and then fell seriously ill a few days later
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EU asks for big penalties against AstraZeneca over dose delays
The EU's legal team demanded an upfront fine of 10 million euros ($12 million) plus '10 euros per dose and per day of delay' in that event
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Vaccines can be redesigned to avoid blood clots, German scientists claim
The scientists claimed that Johnson & Johnson is already in contact with the group to redesign the single-shot vaccine to avoid this side effect
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EU and AstraZeneca battle in court over vaccine delays
The EU is suing the British-Swedish pharmaceutical group in a bid to force it to deliver 90 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine before July
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Two AstraZeneca shots could be 85-90% effective, UK real life data suggests
Britain has suffered one of the worst death tolls globally from the pandemic, but has also had one of the fastest vaccine rollouts
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Already booked online appointments for 2nd Covishield dose to remain valid: Govt
The Centre had on May 13 extended the gap between the first and second doses of Covishield vaccine to 12-16 weeks
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Delaying second doses of Covid vaccines can save more lives: Study
This study was conducted by scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester who examined models of the UK and other countries that have delayed the second shot due to a shortage of vaccines
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US mulls joint production of Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine with India
Smith has claimed the AstraZeneca coronavirus doses will not be passed on till the FDA approves them in the safety check
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Nauru says it vaccinated all adults against Covid in 'world record' effort
The remote island nation, one of the few places in the world to remain virus-free, said the four-week vaccination campaign had exceeded expectations
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Following a death, Brazil suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine for pregnant women
As of now, it has not been established whether or not the vaccine was the cause of the death
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Do Covid vaccines work? World's most-vaccinated nation Seychelles raises concerns
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a detailed study is being conducted to understand the situation of the Seychelles
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American civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson urges Biden to give AstraZeneca vaccine to India
Jackson made this request as Biden had said he intends to give the AstraZeneca vaccine shots to other countries who are in need of it
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Bharat Biotech reduces price of Covaxin for Indian state governments
The announcement by the Indian drugmaker comes a day after the Serum Institute of India lowered its Covid-19 vaccine Covishield's price to Rs 300 (USD 4.05) per dose for state governments
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India Covid crisis: US to redirect 20 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, send raw material to manufacture 500,000 doses
The development comes days after the US said that it will make available 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine to other countries within two months
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Australia's medicines regulator to investigate two deaths for possible links to COVID-19 vaccine
Two men died in the country's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) days after getting their coronavirus vaccine shots
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After row, Serum Institute cuts price of its Covid vaccine to 300 rupees for states as 'philanthropic gesture'
The price of the vaccine has been reduced from 400 rupees to 300 per dose for all Indian states, said an announcement by Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday
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Single dose of Covid vaccine can nearly halve transmission of virus, study finds
New research showed that people who became infected with the coronavirus three weeks after receiving one dose of Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine were between 38 per cent to 49 per cent less likely…
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Unease rising about AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in UK
The survey of almost 5,000 people showed a significant increase in the proportion who said they want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible but also found that almost a quarter of…
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Why is Indian PM Modi's photo missing from Covid vaccine certificates? Centre responds
The removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo from vaccination certificates came even as pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca recently admitted that its vaccine against coronavirus, Covishield,…
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AstraZeneca Covid vaccine: Court case, rare side effects, admission of guilt, and more. All you need to know
This damning revelation can potentially pave the way for AstraZeneca to cough up millions of dollars in legal payout. Here's all you need to know
Read Article →
AstraZeneca admits in court that its Covid vaccine can ‘in very rare cases, cause TTS’
AstraZeneca is facing class action suits over claims that its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in conjunction with Oxford, caused serious injury or death in dozens of cases
Read Article →
AstraZeneca's COVID jab Vaxzevria gets authorisation as booster in European Union
The vaccine can now be used as a third shot in patients that have been vaccinated with two shots of either Vaxzevria itself or any other EU-approved mRNA coronavirus vaccine
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'Top Gun: Maverick' new trailer out, Tom Cruise returns to the cockpit
Nearly thirty years later Tom Cruise returns as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, the Navy'stop aviator in director Joseph Kosinski's film 'Top Gun: Maverick'.
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AstraZeneca's new vaccine trial aims to treat severe COVID-19 symptoms
The drug created a statistically significant reduction in severe COVID-19 symptoms or death in non-hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms
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France 'stole' millions of Covid vaccines from UK in an 'act of war': Report
AstraZeneca's boss Rudd Dobber had stated that a large shipment of millions of doses was expected to arrive from Holland. However, that shipment never reached there as it was diverted to the EU…
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Australia to ease international border restrictions from November
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government was working towards quarantine free travel with countries such as New Zealand when 'safe to do so'
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EU and AstraZeneca settle vaccine supply dispute out of court
Brussels was furious when the British-Swedish pharmaceutical outfit fell far short of its delivery promises, undermining the early stages of the EU COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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UK to send four million vaccine doses to Australia, says Scott Morrison
Australia has a steady supply of the locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine, but residents have been hesitant to take it due to rare but highly publicised instances of the vaccine causing blood…
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'AutoVacc': Thai experts develop robotic arm to save every drop of Covid vaccine
A robotic arm, termed as "AutoVacc", can draw nearly 12 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in just four minutes from a single vial
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Head of Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca tops CEO pay chart in UK with $18 million
Soriot managed to earn the equivalent of $21.25 million or fifty percent more than his nearest challenger, Brian Cassin, the CEO at credit-rating group Experian
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Rare blood clot syndrome from AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has high mortality rate
A higher occurrence of the side effect in younger people has led many countries to put age restrictions on AstraZeneca's shot
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Facebook shuts down Russian network that targeted influencers to peddle anti-vax messages
Influencers who caught onto the sham turned out to be the undoing of a deceitful influence campaign orchestrated by marketing firm Fazze in Russia, according to Facebook
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British study finds fully vaccinated are 60% less likely to get COVID-19
Imperial College London researchers said people who reported receiving two vaccine doses were half as likely to test positive for COVID-19, adjusting for other factors such as age, whether or not…
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France allows travellers vaccinated with Covishield to enter country
Along with France, several other European countries have allowed international travellers who have been vaccinated with India-made Covishield (AstraZeneca) to enter the country
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Covishield becomes collateral damage in the inter EU tussle over Chinese vaccines
The EU member countries were divided over allowing the Chinese vaccines, Sinopharm and Sino vac, and Russian vaccine Sputnik V as the bloc opens up for travel
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US allocates $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral pills for COVID-19
The US has approved one antiviral drug, Remdesivir, against COVID-19 and allowed emergency use of three antibody combinations that help the immune system fight the virus
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Amid fears of blood clots, Australia further restricts AstraZeneca vaccine
With inoculations now the responsibility of Australian states, this move is likely to have a marginal impact at best
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AstraZeneca's antibody fails in protecting exposed patients from COVID-19
The study was performed on participants who were unvaccinated adults and had been exposed to a person who had been infected by the deadly coronavirus in the past eight days
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