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Now anti-vaxxers turn on Pfizer and Moderna after AstraZeneca’s decision to withdraw Covid jab sparks panic about rare but deadly clotting side effect (and pockets the pharma titan £2.5billion)

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Anti-vaxxers today called for Pfizer and Moderna to urgently withdraw their Covid jabs in the wake of heightened safety fears.

AstraZeneca’s landmark decision to withdraw its lockdown-banishing vaccine from global markets sparked hysteria online about the rival jabs – made using pioneering tech never utilised until the virus crisis spawned.

The UK-based pharmaceutical titan insisted its decision was a commercial one due to demand being slim, with its jab no longer being manufactured. 

Ministers favour superior mRNA jabs, like those

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AstraZeneca faces up to £255million compensation bill for ‘defective’ Covid vaccine after pharma titan admitted it DOES cause ultra-rare blood clot side effect – as wife of victim says ‘we’re not going to give up’

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More than £250million could be given to victims allegedly harmed by AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, MailOnline can reveal today.

Fifty-one families are pursuing legal action against the pharmaceutical titan, arguing the ‘defective’ jab was to blame for their injuries and deaths of loved ones.

Lawyers involved in the huge legal battle think some victims could be in line for pay-outs worth up to £5million. 

As such, the total compensation bill – which would be footed by taxpayers because of a deal

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AstraZeneca admits for first time its Covid vaccine CAN cause rare side effect in tense legal fight with victims of ‘defective’ jab

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AstraZeneca has admitted in court for the first time that its Covid jab can cause a deadly blood clotting side effect.

The exceedingly rare reaction is at the heart of a multi million-pound class action by dozens of families who allege they, or their loved ones, were maimed or killed by the pharmaceutical titan’s ‘defective’ vaccine. 

Lawyers representing the claimants believe some of the cases could be worth up to £20m in compensation. 

Cambridge-based AstraZeneca, which is contesting the claims,

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A vaccine for bees has an unexpected effect

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WASHINGTON — The first vaccine designed for insects may make honeybees healthier overall.

Honeybee hives vaccinated against a bacterial disease had much lower levels of an unrelated viral disease than did unvaccinated hives, veterinarian Nigel Swift of Dalan Animal Health reported April 3 at the World Vaccine Congress.

Researchers at Dalan, based in Athens, Ga., designed the bee vaccine to protect against American foulbrood — a fatal disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium called Paenibacillus larvae. Adult bees don’t

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The astonishing effect of stem cell implants – as groundbreaking treatment ‘transforms’ life for those with brain damage and MS

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Michael Adams was 16 when, after being thrown from his car in a devastating accident, he fractured his skull in three places. 

The film producer from New York fell into a coma for two weeks, and woke up a shadow of his former bright, fun-loving self.

For the following decade, he had trouble speaking, making friends and completing the simplest of daily tasks due to extensive nerve damage to his brain.

Until, that is, he happened across what is perhaps

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Not learnt your lesson, Dragons’ Den? Couple promotes ‘libido-boosting’ supplements that lack scientific-backing, could just create a ‘placebo effect’ and used personal preference as research – (but at least the BBC’s added a health disclaimer this time!)

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It faced fierce backlash over promoting an entrepreneur’s ‘snake oil’ ear seeds product she claimed could ‘cure’ ME earlier in the series.

Yet Dragons’ Den doesn’t appear to have learnt its lesson – after last night’s episode featured a British couple looking for a £50,000 investment for their ‘libido-boosting’ supplement business.

Wesley Pierce and his fiancée Lottie arrived in the Den eager to secure partnerships with either Steven Bartlett, Sara Davies, Touker Suleyman, Peter Jones or Deborah Meaden, and offered

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„Netflix Effect“ katapultiert den alten Film von Mel Gibson in die Höhe und erfreut sich großer Beliebtheit, und die Fans fragen sich, warum

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Mel Gibson hat einen Erfolgsfilm auf Netflix.

Der 68-Jährige, der kürzlich bei einem Familienessen in Malibu gesehen wurde, hat den am zweithäufigsten gesehenen Film auf dem Streamingdienst.

Der „Netflix-Effekt“ tritt auf, wenn eine Show oder ein Film immer beliebter wird, nachdem er der Plattform hinzugefügt wurde.

Genau das passierte mit einem wenig bekannten Film aus dem Jahr 2022 namens „On The Line“ mit dem Oscar-Preisträger, der seit seiner Hinzufügung zum Streamer ein Wiederaufleben erlebt.

Der Film ist beliebter als Neuzugänge

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The Joker Effect: How playmaking centers have revolutionized college basketball

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When Fred Hoiberg left a front-office job with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2010 to coach Iowa State, he was ahead of his time chasing transfers to build a roster. Hoiberg was also ahead of the curve when he landed his biggest transfer prize: Royce White.

White was built like an NFL tight end — 6-foot-8, 250 pounds — but he thought the game like a point guard. Back then, transfers had to sit out a season, and during that sit-out

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From gas stoves to dishwashers and NOW laundry detergent: How home appliances are in the crosshairs of America’s green crackdown… but what does the evidence actually show about their effect on emissions?

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A democratic New York City lawmaker last week introduced a bill to ban laundry detergent packs like Tide Pods – in the latest attempt to crack down on household goods because of climate change fears. 

Stores and laundromats would face a fine of up to $1,200 for repeated violations.

It’s the latest in a series of green regulations that target household products, rules that have frustrated some consumers and business groups.

Detergent packs join the ranks of gas stoves, washing

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