Brenda Goodman | webmd.com
Scientists in Germany say they’ve worked out the two-step mechanism by which the AstraZeneca vaccine causes rare but devastating blood clots that gobble up the body’s supply of platelets.
So far, European regulators have reported more than 220 cases of unusual blood clots and low levels of platelets in patients who received the vaccine, called Vaxzevria, which was developed with funding from the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program to spur development of a suite of vaccines to protect people from COVID-19. AstraZenecaThe AstraZeneca vaccine has not yet been authorized for use in the United States.
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