Topic: vaccine-side-effects

COVID SCIENCE: Cheap antidepressant shows promise

COVID SCIENCE: Cheap antidepressant shows promise

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 31 11:51 AM

Fluvoxamine, an inexpensive antidepressant, might help keep patients with COVID-19 from developing severe disease, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health on Wednesday. Read more »

Denmark abandons AstraZeneca vaccine for good, in European first

Denmark abandons AstraZeneca vaccine for good, in European first

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 14 09:06 PM

Despite recommendations from the WHO and European medicines watchdog to continue using the vaccine, "Denmark's vaccination campaign will go ahead without the AstraZeneca vaccine," Danish Health Authority director Soren Brostrom told a press conference.   Read more »

Russia, expecting plaudits for vaccine, is miffed by its cool reception

Russia, expecting plaudits for vaccine, is miffed by its cool reception

Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 24 07:22 AM

The world’s major powers are racing to develop and produce a vaccine that, if successful and accepted by their own citizens and other countries, will earn geopolitical and economic benefits for the winner, along with prestige. The US has poured billions of dollars into an effort called Operation Warp Speed.   Read more »

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