by Richard A. Hendricks | Apr 19, 2021 | Health News
Even though the link is not yet firm, they’re calling the condition vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT. It’s characterized by unusual blood clotting combined with a low number of blood-clotting cells called platelets. Patients suffer from dangerous clots and, sometimes, hemorrhaging at the same time. It’s been linked most firmly with the AstraZeneca coronavirus […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Apr 19, 2021 | Health News
“I worry that we’re starting to get to that point — which we always knew existed somewhere in the horizon — where the level of supply would outstrip the demand,” epidemiologist Dr. Abdul El-Sayed told CNN on Sunday. Now, El-Sayed said,...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Apr 12, 2021 | Health News
But some developments have dampened the excitement: This week, a few vaccination sites across the US paused operations after some patients reported adverse reactions following the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The vaccine has also been linked to blood clots in four...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 26, 2021 | Health News
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard looked at 131 women who received either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Among the participants, 84 were pregnant, 31 were...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 25, 2021 | Health News
Mississippi is 1 of 5 states that have expanded coronavirus vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older, and a CNN analysis finds that at least 20 more plan to open up to people 16 and older by the end of April. McGee, who lives in Columbus, Mississippi, decided to...
