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Medical Editor for the BBC

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    30 Dec 2020

    How the Oxford AZ vaccine was designed and tested is really fascinating. Fabulous scientific endeavour and thousands of volunteers involved. The behind the scenes documentary is here: Panorama, The Race for a Vaccine: via .

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  2. 6 hours ago

    ICYMI: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and clots risk with via

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    8 hours ago

    Under-30s are going to be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca jab. But if the risks are so low, should we be worried? has the answers... Listen to the latest episode on

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  4. 8 hours ago

    Talking about vaccines, risks and benefits with ⁦⁦⁦⁩

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  5. 12 hours ago

    The risk of a rare clot after the AZ vaccine is put at around 1 in 100,000 for those in their 20s. That’s roughly the same average risk people of that age face every 3 months of dying in a road accident (source: Winton Centre)

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  6. 15 hours ago

    BREAKING: Under 30s will not be offered the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

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  7. 17 hours ago

    MHRA and JCVI will hold joint media briefing at 3pm, at same time EMA holds briefing. Both expected to give updated analysis on any link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots

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  8. 23 hours ago

    The first of 17m Moderna doses ordered for UK will be administered today.

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  9. Apr 6

    ICYMI: AstraZeneca child vaccine trial on hold as rare blood clots in adults investigated . via

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  10. Apr 6

    The trial team tell me this is not a formal pause of the trial, which involves regulators but being done “out of an abundance of caution” and that there are no safety concerns on the trial. All non vaccine visits are continuing

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  11. Apr 6

    BREAKING: Oxford researchers have paused trial of AstraZeneca vaccine in children while regulators investigate possible blood clot links in younger adults

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  16. Apr 1

    Useful analysis from ⁦⁩ on benefits v risks

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  17. Mar 31

    This is a great piece by ⁦⁩ highlighting how much the world has to thank UK, and especially Oxford researchers, for discovering which medicines work against Covid - and the duds.

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  18. Mar 31

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  19. Mar 31

    Results of the Oxford-AZ trial in children due in a few months. It seems increasingly likely that secondary school children may be offered the vaccine this autumn although no decisions made as yet

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  20. Mar 31

    Breaking: Pfizer-BioNTech announce 100% efficacy of Covid vaccine in 12-15 year olds. Of 2,260 volunteers there were 18 cases of Covid, all in the placebo group. Strong antibody response and mild side effects. More detail soon

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  21. Mar 31

    This applies to 3.8 million people in England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland are expected to change guidance next month

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