Tag: injection
CDC: Information about COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines for people with allergies
If you are allergic to an ingredient in a COVID-19 vaccine: If you have had a severe allergic reaction or an immediate allergic reaction—even if it was not severe—to any ingredient in an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, you should not get either of the currently available mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna). More...
France: Scientists recommend changing coronavirus vaccination technique after AstraZeneca thrombosis investigation
Thus, one of the hypotheses linking the vaccine to the occurrence of severe thrombosis could be an accidental intravenous injection which, in the presence of factors not fully identified, would generate a discordant immune reaction with activation of the platelets, potentially associated with a NET effect or with a decrease in the level of ACE2 on the surface of endothelial cells, leading to an increased risk of thrombosis. More...
A nursing researcher’s experience in a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine trial
“The experience after the second injection was different. My arm quickly became painful at the injection site, much more than the first time. More...
Denmark’s SSI recommends changes to syringe injection method for coronavirus vaccines
“Usually one does not need to aspirate before injecting a vaccine. More...
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine: cases of high blood pressure under close surveillance
“A signal that must be watched. ” Thus the ANSM describes the occurrence of 73 cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) after injection of the vaccine Comirnaty Pfizer-Biontech in its point information from February 11 on the surveillance of vaccines against Covid-19. More...