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CDC identifies possible 'safety concern' for certain people receiving COVID vaccines
The CDC has identified a "safety signal" in the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech and is investigating whether the shot creates an increased stroke risk for people 65 and older.
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CDC identifies possible 'safety concern' for certain people receiving COVID vaccines
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In the statement, the CDC says that the preliminary signal hasn't been identified with Bivalent Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., on Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File )
"Following the availability and use of the updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines, CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), a near real-time surveillance system, met the statistical criteria to prompt additional investigation into whether there was a safety concern for ischemic stroke in people ages 65 and older who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent."
"Rapid-response investigation of the signal in the VSD raised a question of whether people 65 and older who have received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent were more likely to have an ischemic stroke in the 21 days following vaccination compared with days 22-44 following vaccination," the CDC said in a statement Friday.
This is a developing story.