Portugal has followed the lead of other EU countries and stopped rolling out AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine after reports of “serious but rare” side effects, health chief Graca Freitas said on Monday. The decision was taken “as a precaution” pending advice from the EU’s regulator, said Freitas, head of Portugal’s public health agency the DGS. The […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Italy on Monday authorised the administration of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to those over 65 years of age. The health ministry said in a statement the vaccine could be used safely on people 65 and older, except for “extremely vulnerable” subjects. These include patients with weak immune systems or those taking […]
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday its EU supply chains would only be able to deliver half of an expected supply of Covid-19 vaccines to the bloc in the second quarter—but that it would look to make up the shortfall from elsewhere. A spokesman for the British drugs group told AFP AstraZeneca was “working to increase […]
FILE PHOTO: A vial of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is pictured at St. Mary’s Hospital, in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh KilcoyneGENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively inexpensive shot in the […]
WHO dismisses theory coronavirus leaked from Wuhan lab after visit FOX News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest on ‘Special Report’ The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends using the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University even in countries where variants threaten to reduce efficacy. The guidance follows news of South Africa halting […]
Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s lead researcher said Sunday. Health officials in Britain are trying to contain the spread of the variant first identified in South Africa amid concerns that it is more contagious or resistant to […]
Spain said on Friday it would limit use of the AstraZeneca vaccine to people under 55, becoming the latest European nation to impose an age restriction on the Anglo-Swedish jab. The move echoes earlier decisions by a growing number of countries in Europe that have restricted the vaccine’s use despite the European Medicines Agency green […]
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may be able to reduce transmission of the coronavirus, while also stopping serious disease and death from COVID-19, early data suggests. This is the first time that a vaccine has shown it can stop spread of the virus, according to the BBC. Still, experts caution that more data is needed to confirm […]
The head of British drug manufacturer AstraZeneca said on Thursday further research was needed on its COVID-19 vaccine after questions emerged over the protection it offers, but the additional testing is unlikely to affect regulatory approval in Europe. AstraZeneca and its partner, the University of Oxford, announced on Monday that it was seeking regulatory approval […]
AstraZeneca, Oxford resume stage-three U.K. trials of potential coronavirus vaccine Professor of surgery at John Hopkins School of Medicine Dr. Marty Makary weighs in on ‘Fox Report.’ A volunteer involved in AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine trial has died, Brazilian health authority Anvisa announced on Wednesday, according to Reuters. An investigation into the death […]
