Washington [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Vaccine advisers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will meet on Thursday to discuss potentially limiting the use of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine due to persistent blood clot issues, The Washington Post reported citing
Brussels [Belgium], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The EU drug regulator advised on Thursday listing blood clots in the brain as a rare side effect of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 after observing cases that were not linked to a low platelet count.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): Today, the World Thrombosis Day (WTD) campaign encourages the public, healthcare professionals and policymakers to keep their "Eyes Open to Thrombosis" and join together to place a spotlight on thrombosis as an urgent and growing nat
Sheffield [UK], September 6 (ANI): According to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress using e-cigarettes containing nicotine causes an immediate increase in the formation of blood clots and deterioration in the ability of small blood vessels to expand
Dublin [Ireland], August 17 (ANI): New study led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences shows that patients with Long COVID-19 syndrome continue to have higher measures of blood clotting, which may help explain their persistent symptoms, such as reduced physical
London [UK], July 28 (ANI): Inflammation and blood clotting seen in very severe cases of Covid-19 may be caused by the antibodies sent to fight the disease activating unnecessary platelet activity in the lungs.
New Jersey [US], May 15 (ANI): A team of researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School reported the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in people's arms.
Oslo [Norway], April 16 (ANI): A day after Denmark's decision to abandon the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine over links with very rare blood clots, Norway's public health institute on Thursday said the country should stop using it.
London [UK], April 16 (ANI): Researchers at Oxford University have found the risk of a rare type of blood clot is low overall, but higher for people who have been infected with Covid-19 than among people who've had the three vaccines authorized in the UK - those made by AstraZeneca, Moderna
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): The US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recommended "pause" in the use of Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine "out of an abundance of caution" over six reported cases in the US of a "rare and
Brussels [Belgium], April 8 (ANI): The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday acknowledged a "possible link" between the AstraZeneca vaccine and "very rare cases of blood clots" but said the benefits of the vaccine, however, continue to outweigh the risks.