While Washington went into business with the drug companies, Europe was more fiscally conservative and trusted the free market.
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The U.S. Parts With Some of a Vaccine Stockpile It Currently Can’t Use
The Biden administration said it would send Canada 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from an inventory measured in tens of millions.
Boris Johnson Gets a Shot of AstraZeneca’s Vaccine
British officials have been staunch defenders of the vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, while officials in Europe are seeking to restore public confidence in the shot.
AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Safe, Europe’s Drug Regulator Says
The European Medicines Agency will add a label to the shot, warning doctors to watch for possible rare, abnormal bleeding in the brain. But as the pandemic worsens in Europe, officials are desperate to fully resume its use.
Trust in AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Shaken in Europe
The European Medicines Agency seems likely to pronounce the shot safe. But will anyone want to take it after this week’s panic?
Why Europe Suspending AstraZeneca Vaccines May Be Political
Once it became clear Germany was pausing, the pressure mounted on other governments to hold off as well, out of fear of seeming incautious and for the sake of a united front.
AstraZeneca Blood Clot Fears Are Tamped Down but Slow Vaccines in Europe
The suspension impedes Europe’s already troubled vaccination campaign amid a third coronavirus wave. Europe’s top drug regulator said there was no sign that the shot had caused dangerous side effects.
Your Tuesday Briefing
More countries halt AstraZeneca vaccine.
AstraZeneca Concerns Throw Europe’s Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Into Deeper Disarray
Germany, France, Italy and Spain became the latest countries to suspend use of the vaccine even as a third wave of the pandemic threatens the continent.
The AstraZeneca Vaccine: Should You Be Concerned?
There is no evidence so far of a link between the AstraZeneca shots and a few new cases in Europe of serious illness and deaths. But investigations are underway.