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What is thrombocytopenia, the rare blood condition possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine?

  • Written by Anthony Zulli, Associate professor, Victoria University
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The federal government has asked Australia’s medical and vaccine regulators to urgently consider the European Medicines Agency’s finding of a possible link between the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine and rare blood clots.

This follows reports over recent weeks of blood clots in a small number of people around the world who...

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