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.
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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?
E.U. Proposes Covid-19 Certificate for Travelers
The document would allow European residents to travel across the bloc with proof of Covid-19 vaccination, a negative test result or evidence of recovery.
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.
Ireland Suspends Use of AstraZeneca’s Vaccine
Major public health agencies have offered reassurances, noting that millions of people have received the vaccine without problems and that no causative link has been found between the vaccine and clots.
E.U. Approves AstraZeneca Vaccine and Limits Exports
The bloc authorized use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, the third it has approved, while battling the company, which it says is shirking its obligations to deliver the shots.
E.U.’s Top Drug Regulator Says It’s ‘Fully Functional’ After Cyberattack
The agency’s leader said the breach would not delay delivery of a coronavirus vaccine to member nations.
The UK Just Approved the Pfizer Covid Vaccine. What Happens Next?
When early results from the final trials began to roll in, scientists were well prepared. Now, they face the logistical challenge of putting the vaccine to work.