AstraZeneca Jab Causes ‘Slightly Increased Risk’ of Bleeding: UK Study

AstraZeneca Jab Causes ‘Slightly Increased Risk’ of Bleeding: UK Study
Brian Pinker, 82, receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, on Jan. 4, 2021. Steve Parsons/Pool via Reuters
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The Oxford/AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine is linked to “slightly increased risk of some bleeding disorders,” British researchers have found.

Through an analysis of people who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, researchers at the University of Edinburgh found a small increased risk of an autoimmune bleeding disorder known as immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.