Answers to key questions about rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, including risks, symptoms and whether people who have had one AstraZeneca shot should have a second.
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A serious event such as a blood clot could be caused by an underlying medical condition, a medication the person was taking at the time, or some other factor unrelated to the vaccine.
New medical staff start in January and may not be as skilled or adept as their predecessors, meaning more things go wrong.
A recent study suggesting that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. made headlines. But the methods researchers used to draw this conclusion are flawed.
In Australia, estimates suggest undesired harmful effects from medication or other intervention such as surgery occur in around 17% of hospital admissions. But blaming the doctors won't help.
The principle of prevention being better than the cure is at the heart of public health and social marketing efforts such as immunisation. But not everyone agrees and the challenge is how to address disagreement…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a series of deaths reportedly linked to the consumption of energy drinks and shots. The investigation comes amid a growing number of reports of…
Reports on people suffering an adverse reaction to immunisation focus on the suffering of one over the safety of many. But immunisation benefits the whole community so we should all bear responsibility…
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Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Adjunct Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Professor, Psychology of Healthcare, University of Leeds
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Scientific Director of McMaster Platelet Immunology Laboratory , McMaster University
