How serious is risk of stroke with updated Pfizer vaccine? – The National

  • Date: 19-Jan-2023
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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How serious is risk of stroke with updated Pfizer vaccine? – The National

Health officials in the US have identified a possible link between the updated coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech and a type of brain stroke in the elderly.

The Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine — the original version of which was first approved by US medical regulators in August 2021 — has been one of the world's most effective and widely used shots.

Here we look at the evidence available and consider what medical experts in the UAE and internationally are saying in the light of recent findings.