COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Another Rare Blood Disease: Israeli Study

Researchers stress that the study shouldn't deter people from getting the vaccine

Illustration photo of Pfizer vaccine. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Israeli researchers on Monday said that they discovered a link between Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and a rare blood disease called thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).

Scientists with the Institute of Hematology at Shamir Medical Center said they began researching the possible link after reports of a sudden increase in TTP across Israel.