The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine “safety signal” has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTe…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine “safety signal” has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creates an increased risk of ischemic stroke in people 65 and older.the Bivalent Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
“Rapid-response investigation of the signal in the VSD raised a question of whether people 65 and older who have receivedBivalent were more likely to have an ischemic stroke in the 21 days following vaccination compared with days 22-44 following vaccination.” The agency also said that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System managed by CDC and FDA has not seen an increase in reporting of ischemic strokes following the updated vaccine.
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