The AstraZeneca Scare May Be Overdone, But Rare Side Effects May Still Occur
With a vaccine as hurried out as this one, it is almost inevitable that rare side effects are going to...
Day: 16 March 2021
Italy and France to “Quickly Resume” AstraZeneca Rollout When EU Medicines Agency Gives Green Light
The leaders of Italy and France have made it clear that they will "quickly resume" their countries' rollouts of the...
40% of Theatre and Arts Workers Have Lost Job in Past 12 Months
Nearly 40% of theatre and arts workers in London have been made redundant since the start of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Lockdown Enthusiasts Belatedly Recognise Limitations of ‘Precautionary Principle’
Critics of the AstraZeneca panic in Europe have rightly blamed the rigid application of the 'precautionary principle'. But these very...
European Medicines Agency Says “No Indication” AstraZeneca Jab Is Cause of Blood Clots
The EU's medicines agency has responded to concerns over the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, saying there is "no indication" that the...
Covid Vaccine Supply Surge Means Half of UK Adults Will Soon Be Jabbed
All remaining over-50s are expected to be called up for a Covid vaccine in the coming days with a surge...
Cancer Deaths Likely to Rise for First Time in Decades Due to Covid Backlog, Charities Warn
A coalition of cancer charities has warned that cancer deaths could rise for the first time in decades due to...
News Round Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours –...
Is Covid the Most Deadly Infectious Disease in a Century?
Why has the ONS produced a graph comparing COVID-19 to an apparently random group of infectious diseases that doesn't include...
