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- 3 What are some of the side effects of the COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine?
- 4 What are the neurological side effects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine?
- 5 Where was the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine developed?
- 6 How old do you have to be to get the AstraZeneca vaccine?
- 7 What are some of the neurologic complications from COVID-19?
- 8 What are the neurological symptoms of long COVID-19?
- 9 Who makes Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine?
- 10 Who developed the mRNA technology for the COVID-19 vaccine?
- 11 What is the Novavax vaccine?
- 12 Is the children’s Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine different than the adult one?
- 13 Is there a COVID-19 vaccine for children?
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Apr 07, 2021 · Pascal Claude Roland Soriot is the chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical multinational company AstraZeneca, since October 2012. He was born in France on May 23, 1959.
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Mar 18, 2021 · AstraZeneca was founded in 1999 through the merger of two companies: Swedish Astra AB and the British Zeneca Group. Since the merger, it has been among the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies – currently the fifth largest in the world – and has made numerous corporate acquisitions.
What are some of the side effects of the COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine?
Common side effects : Tenderness, pain, warmth, redness, itching, swelling or bruising at the injection site, all of which generally resolve within a day or two. Rare side effects: Some countries temporarily suspended use of this vaccine in March after a small number of recipients developed blood clots and some died.
What are the neurological side effects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine?
For the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, there was a very small increased risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome – a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the nerves, triggering numbness, weakness and pain.
Where was the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine developed?
The AstraZeneca vaccine is administered in two doses. It was developed by the University of Oxford, and has been granted emergency use authorisation by the European Medicines Agency, the WHO as well as national regulators worldwide.
How old do you have to be to get the AstraZeneca vaccine?
What are some of the neurologic complications from COVID-19?
What are the neurological symptoms of long COVID-19?
The most frequent neurological manifestations of ‘long-COVID’ encompass fatigue; ‘brain fog’; headache; cognitive impairment; sleep, mood, smell, or taste disorders; myalgias; sensorimotor deficits; and dysautonomia.
Who makes Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine?
Manufacturer: ModernaTX, Inc.
Who developed the mRNA technology for the COVID-19 vaccine?
Two Penn researchers, Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, invented messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that serves as the foundation of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
What is the Novavax vaccine?
Is the children’s Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine different than the adult one?
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11 years has the same active ingredients as the vaccine given to people ages 12 years and older but contains a lower dose (10 micrograms) than the vaccine used for older children and adults (30 micrograms).
Is there a COVID-19 vaccine for children?
Children ages 5 through 11 years are eligible to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine manufacturers are conducting clinical trials to assess the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination among children younger than 5 years old.