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
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
Three days after testing positive, Robin suddenly felt so weak while out in the garden he couldn’t lift his arms to use the hedge clippers Robin McNelis’s Covid-19 symptoms were so mild he didn’t know he’d had the disease. It was only when a routine test at the hospital where he works as a respiratory … Read more
Women are significantly more likely to develop blood clots from taking the contraceptive pill than by having the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, doctors have pointed out. Fourteen countries in Europe – including France, Germany, Italy and Spain – suspended use of the Oxford jab this week over unproven fears it increases the risk of thrombosis or pulmonary … Read more
It certainly made for some alarming headlines: blood clots were forming, some fatal, in patients given the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. But as a wave of European countries scrambled to halt their use of the jab while investigations were launched, health chiefs and experts, baffled by the panic, calmly pointed out the link was almost certainly … Read more
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine has been linked to more blood clots than AstraZeneca’s in reports from the UK, statistics show as Europe reels from a ‘baffling’ decision to snub the jab. Thirteen countries on the continent have now turned their backs on the Oxford University Covid vaccine after regulators said they were investigating links to deadly … Read more
There is ‘no signal’ that the Oxford and AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is causing blood clots, scientists have said in response to scaremongering from European officials. At least five EU countries and Thailand have stopped using the jab on members of the public after reports of people developing clots after having it in some nations. But … Read more
A Florida healthcare worker may lose her hands after a long and arduous five-month battle against the novel coronavirus. Rose Felipe, 41, an EEG technician of more than 15 years at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, contacted the virus in early March. Her condition quickly deteriorated and she was hospitalized, spending two months on a … Read more
Women who are pregnant, on the pill or taking estrogen could face high risks for deadly blood clots if they catch coronavirus, doctors warn High levels of estrogen from being pregnant, taking the oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy raise blood clot risks Coronavirus attacks blood vessels and can cause clots that have ultimately killed … Read more
One in three patients who fall severely ill with coronavirus develop dangerous blood clots that may be contributing to their deaths, a leading scientist has warned. The clots, also known as thrombosis, can become fatal if they migrate to major organs in the body and cut off their blood supply. The blockages can trigger heart attacks, … Read more