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Chief physician and professor Pål Andre Holme and his team at the Oslo University Hospital were among the first in the world to establish that a rare blood clotting disease which claimed four lives in Norway was due to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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Most read 2021: the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, celiac disease and alpha wolves

These are the 2021-articles that you read the most in the year gone by.

Ida Irene Bergstrøm Ida Irene Bergstrøm Journalist

Published 3 January 2022 - 10:03

1. Norwegian experts say deadly blood clots were caused by the AstraZeneca covid vaccine

“Our theory that this is a powerful immune response most likely triggered by the vaccine, has been confirmed”, says professor and chief physician Pål Andre Holme. Three Norwegian health workers under the age of 50 have been hospitalized. One is dead. (editors note: four Norwegian health workers died from this condition and the vaccine was removed from the Norwegian vaccination programme)

2. New pill against celiac disease protects fully against the effects of gluten

The pill has now been tested on 160 patients and shows promising results.

3. Wolf packs don’t actually have alpha males and alpha females, the idea is based on a misunderstanding

The researcher who introduced this term tried to clear the confusion up two decades ago, but the myth still lives on.

4. People vaccinated with AstraZeneca reported mild bleeding episodes significantly more often than those who got an mRNA vaccine

“These findings could potentially indicate that the adenovirus-vectored vaccine leads to bleeding disorders not only in rare cases”, Norwegian researchers write in an unpublished study.

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6. Does the story of Beowolf explain the Oseberg, Gjellestad and Sutton Hoo ships?

The new Netflix film “The Dig” tells the story of the excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship in England. A Norwegian professor believes that a 1500-year-old poem can explain why a number of large ships were buried during the Viking Age.

7. This is why Norway is still saying no to the AstraZeneca-vaccine

Norwegian experts are confident that the rare blood clot condition is a side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Pausing the vaccine has been necessary for maintaining trust, according to Minister of Health Bent Høie.

8. New model could explain old cholesterol mystery

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9. Norwegian study: More than half of young people with mild Covid-19 infections experienced Long Covid

Six months after the infection, more than 50 per cent of young adults aged 16-30 still had symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath and trouble concentrating.

10. NORWAY: Two new patients dead from blood clots after having received the AstraZeneca-vaccine

The Norwegian Medicines Agency report two further deaths among patients with blood clots at Oslo University Hospital after having received the AstraZeneca vaccine.