Rare spinal condition listed as side effect of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
- 14-Jan-2022
A safety panel of the European drug regulator on Friday recommended adding a rare spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side effect of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has faced several setbacks, including production delays and probes by regulators following rare cases of severe side effects such as blood clots with low platelets, which […]
Sweden pauses use of Moderna COVID vaccine for younger age groups
- 06-Oct-2021
Sweden will pause the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for people born 1991 and later after reports of possible rare side effects, such as myocarditis, the Swedish health agency said on Wednesday. The health agency said data pointed to an increase of myocarditis and pericarditis among youths and young adults that had been vaccinated. “The […]
Russian President Putin felt minor side effects from COVID-19 vaccine
- 28-Mar-2021
Putin said that all three Russian vaccines, the most well-known and widely-available of which is Sputnik V, were almost equal.
WHO agrees compensation fund for serious COVAX vaccine side effects
- 23-Feb-2021
The World Health Organization has agreed on a no-fault compensation plan for claims of serious side effects in people in 92 poorer countries
AstraZeneca vaccine faces resistance in Europe after ‘side-effects’
- 19-Feb-2021
Health authorities in some European countries are facing resistance to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after side-effects
DRAP to hold training on reporting of COVID-19 vaccine side effects
- 07-Feb-2021
This training session is being arranged for capacity building of focal persons.
Side effect of eating high-fat foods: You could lose your sense of smell
- 05-Jul-2018
It is known that high-fat foods increase the risk of contracting cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, as well as other chronic illnesses. However, a recent study from Florida State University (FSU) found that an unhealthy, high-fat diet also causes impairment in the olfactory system or the sense of smell. The study, led by Dr. Nicolas Thiebaud […]
Childhood cancer survivors have fewer long-term side effects: study
- 03-Jun-2017
NEW YORK: Better treatment strategies for pediatric cancers are helping survivors live longer, with fewer serious health problems related to their treatment, U.S. researchers said on Friday. The finding, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, is based on analysis of data from 23,600 participants in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study […]
A morphine alternative with less overdose risk?
- 18-Aug-2016
Scientists are testing an experimental medicine that’s designed to have the painkilling power of morphine without some of the dangerous side effects that can lead to overdose deaths.
Europe lifts warning on Pfizer smoking cessation drug
- 23-May-2016
LONDON: European regulators have lifted a warning on Pfizer's smoking cessation drug Champix - called Chantix in the United States - after a clinical study concluded it did not appear to increase the risk of neuropsychiatric side effects.