Thrombus

The usage of Covid-19 vaccines is often coupled with side effects. A few countries have recently suspended or limited the administrations of jabs made by AstraZeneca. The main concerns were linked to suspected appearance of blood clots after the administration of the vaccine.

Germany's medical regulator says it has received reports of 21 cases of rare blood clots in people who had recently received AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine.

An experimental drug developed by an Australian researcher could help prevent deaths from COVID-19 by controlling the formation of blood clots responsible for breathing difficulties, organ failure, stroke and heart attack.

First one of his sons died, then another and another. By 1996, Khalid al-Jabor had lost five children to AIDS, all victims of contaminated blood allegedly exported to Iraq by a French firm now owned by drug giant Sanofi.