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Covid: Under-30s offered alternative to AstraZeneca jab Under-30s are to be offered an alternative Covid jab to the AstraZeneca vaccine due to mounting evidence linking it to rare blood clots, the UK's vaccine advisory body says. The regulator said this was not proof the jab had caused the clots. Continue Reading . . . https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56665517

Biden To Address The Nation, Marking 1 Year Of Coronavirus Pandemic President Biden will address the nation Thursday evening to mark the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, remember the people who have been lost and to introduce the next phase of his administration's COVID-19 response. Continue Reading . . . https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/11/975420676/biden-to-address-the-nation-marking-1-year-of-coronavirus-pandemic

Have people died after getting vaccinated? Can the vaccine help with lingering side effects? People still have a lot of questions about the COVID-19 vaccines. Local 4′s Dr. Frank McGeorge is working to answer as many as possible. Unfortunately, the answer is no. We aren’t completely sure what factors are involved in some people having prolonged symptoms of a coronavirus infection. Continue Reading . . . https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/good-health/2021/03/03/have-people-died-after-getting-vaccinated-can-the-vaccine-help-with-lingering-side-effects/

Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot vaccine is effective, FDA confirms The one-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson protects against severe disease and has no serious safety concerns, according to a new analysis published today by the US Food and Drug Administration. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/24/22298855/covid-vaccine-johnson-effective-fda-south-africa-variant

Vaccines Alone Are Not Enough to Beat COVID The world’s attention is rightly focused on news of COVID-19 vaccine updates, from eligibility to supply. But we will make a critical error if we ignore the need for treatments as well as vaccines. Vaccines may not reach everyone for many years. Vaccines will not protect everyone. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccines-alone-are-not-enough-to-beat-covid/

The Second-Generation COVID Vaccines Are Coming Six months ago, as the northern hemisphere was still battling the coronavirus pandemic’s first wave, all eyes turned to the COVID-19 vaccines in late-stage clinical trials. Now, a year after the pandemic first erupted, three COVID vaccines have been given emergency authorization by either the U.S. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-second-generation-covid-vaccines-are-coming/