Scientists have reported for the first time details of stroke incidents caused by blood clots in arteries in three adults who received the AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK.
US Chamber of Commerce noted the heavy toll the Covid pandemic was inflicting and asked White House to release millions of doses as well as other life-saving support to countries.
Titled ‘#AstraZeneca vaccine disinformation on Twitter’, study was conducted by researchers from Poland’s Kozminski University & was uploaded on preprint portal Medrxiv on 16 April.
Every drug maker wants to sell to rich countries, where profit margins are highest. But what of lower middle-income nations, where largest slice of the world’s population lives?
Covax, the initiative designed to level global access to Covid vaccine, is highly reliant on AstraZeneca. Pfizer and Moderna shots are more expensive and harder to store.
There is a chance that the AstraZeneca vaccine is associated with an increased risk of a rare condition characterized by blood clotting coupled with a fall in platelet counts.
UK’s drug regulator is investigating rare cases of blood clots in adults who were given Oxford-AstraZeneca shot. No safety issues have arisen in children’s trial, Oxford says.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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