Is AstraZeneca Safe

• Canada, Mexico imported AstraZeneca doses from facility not fully inspected: regulator

  The European Medicines Agency approved the Baltimore facility based on a remote inspection -- and on that, Canada and Mexico began using the shots, sources said.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2021
  
• AstraZeneca considers seeking full U.S. approval for its COVID-19 vaccine

  The drugmakers may skip asking the U.S. FDA for emergency-use authorization for its COVID-19 shot and instead pursue the more time-intensive application for a full-fledged license.

  Canada

  May 7, 2021
  
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• AstraZeneca vaccine still safe despite ‘stronger link’ to blood clots, Health Canada says

  Health Canada maintains the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe, despite a Tuesday report that a woman in Quebec developed a blood clot shortly after receiving her shot.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2021
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• Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot less effective against South African variant: study

  Some previous studies have indicated that the Pfizer shot was less potent against the B.1.351 variant than against other coronavirus variants, but still offered a robust defense.

  Health

  Apr 10, 2021
• AstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine now 76% effective after updating U.S. trial data

  U.S. health officials earlier in the week publicly rebuked the drugmaker for using "outdated information" when calculating that the vaccine was 79 per cent effective.

  Health

  Mar 24, 2021
• AstraZeneca data from U.S. vaccine trial may be outdated, incomplete: health agency

  U.S. authorities said they were "concerned" about the information AstraZeneca provided from the trial, which initially claimed the COVID-19 vaccine is 79 per cent effective.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2021
• European trust in AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine plummets after blood clot reports

  New poll shows Europeans were more hesitant about the AstraZeneca vaccine than about those from Pfizer and Moderna, and that clot concerns had further damaged public perceptions.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2021
• Health Canada says AstraZeneca vaccine is safe after investigating blood clot reports

  While Health Canada did find one report of a stroke that occurred in an individual who was inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, it was found not to be related to the shot.

  Health

  Mar 18, 2021
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• Science says AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe. But will that ease concerns?

  The AstraZeneca shot became the third COVID-19 shot authorized for use by Health Canada in late February, joining vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2021