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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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UK’s little-known deal with AstraZeneca means YOU will pay compensation to anyone injured by pharma firm’s lockdown-ending jab

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AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, developed by scientists from the prestigious Oxford University, was meant to be a post-Brexit success story.

Not only was it supposed to be a shining example of British ingenuity which would banish the devastating Covid pandemic and sentence lockdowns to history, it was also meant to demonstrate the UK’s generosity in the global crisis, with the jab sold at cost, not for profit.

Ministers were so confident in its success that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock privately labelled

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Want to avoid Alzheimer’s? What the experts do themselves to slash their risk of getting the memory-robbing disorder…

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If you ask the average person what causes Alzheimer’s they’ll probably say ‘it’s in the genes’. 

But despite what you may fear, in reality, experts say only about one in 100 cases of the memory robbing disease are caused by genes. In fact, about 80 per cent of Alzheimer’s cases are thought to be preventable. 

That’s according to a group of 30 health experts across the US, UK, China and Japan, who believe we can reduce our risk of the

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Alert over Facebook conspiracy theorists scaring women into quitting lifesaving osteoporosis drugs – as experts warn patients are risking death if they stop taking treatment

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Women are quitting vital drugs that treat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis because of ‘dangerous misinformation’ about their side effects being spread on Facebook, experts have warned.

Scaremongering posts seen by The Mail on Sunday falsely claim the drugs, known as bisphosphonates, are equivalent to ‘rust remover’. Others say the tablets actually worsen, rather than prevent, the disease.

Yet failing to take the medication means patients face serious, life-changing fractures, permanent disability and death, doctors say.

Osteoporosis mainly affects women –

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The 15 revolutionary tiny tweaks that can turbocharge your health – from the simple way to lose half a stone to the tricks that slash your risk of cancer

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When it comes to living a healthier life, the expert consensus is that small changes to daily habits are the most likely to produce long-lasting results.

Unlike our attempts at dramatic life-changing transformations, they don’t exhaust our willpower and are easier to stick to over time.

Fortunately, these easy-to-achieve, tiny tweaks can also reap major health rewards. A study recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found just a 3 per cent increase in fitness is linked to

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I’m an expert on Ancient Rome – here’s how the BBC’s Gladiators TV show compares to the REAL fighters 2,000 years ago

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To the delight of nostalgia-loving Brits, one of the most beloved TV programmes of the 1990s – ‘Gladiators’ – is finally back. 

The iconic show, now presented by Bradley Walsh and his son Barney, sees brave contestants pit themselves against elite bodybuilders to prove their mettle. 

But how do the games stack up against the original gladiators of Ancient Rome, from which the show takes its name? 

Contrary to popular belief, Dr Andrew Sillett, a classics lecturer at the University

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How one in TWELVE women carry mutation that increases the risk of blood clots when taking the Pill… so why DON’T doctors test for genetic quirk before dishing out the contraceptive willy-nilly?

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Up to one in 12 women unknowingly carry a genetic mutation that increases their risk of having blood clots when taking the Pill.

Everyone inherits two copies of a gene called factor V (F5) from their parents, which is vital for blood to clot properly in the event of an injury. 

However, eight per cent of people have a mutated version that triggers a disorder called Factor V Leiden. While it causes no symptoms, it raises their risk of

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AstraZeneca rejects claims its Covid vaccine was ‘defective’: Jab maker argues accusations are ‘confused’ and ‘wrong in law’

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AstraZeneca has denied its Covid jab was ‘defective’, arguing a multi-million-pound legal case by patients who suffered a rare side-effect is ‘confused’. 

Jamie Scott filed a lawsuit against the vaccine maker in the High Court in August. 

The IT engineer suffered a brain haemorrhage the day after his first dose, leaving him with permanent brain damage. He labelled the jab ‘defective’.

However, in its defence filed to the court, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker, which developed the vaccine with the University of

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Is AstraZeneca’s Covid jab ‘defective’? How firm that supplied 50million doses to the UK could face £90million lawsuit over rare blood clot side effect

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The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has been labelled ‘defective’ in a multi-million-pound lawsuit by patients who suffered a rare side-effect.

Two cases brought against the pharmaceutical giant in the High Court could open the floodgates to dozens more Brits seeking legal compensation for similar injuries.

While the jab was rolled out successfully to millions in Britian, a fraction suffered from a severe blood clot complication missed in the jab’s original clinical trials.

One of the claimants is IT engineer Jamie Scott,

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When will YOUR job be taken by a robot? As Elon Musk insists AI will mean no one has to work, experts reveal the careers that could be replaced IMMEDIATELY – and those that will face the chop in the future

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Billionaire tech maverick Elon Musk has suggested that eventually no one will have to work thanks to the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).

But how far away is such a possibility? And which jobs will robots take first?

MailOnline takes a look at the professions where AI already has a foothold, as well as the posts which could be replaced in 10 and 20 years’ time.

Meat packers, cleaners and builders are among those that could be ousted by

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