Federal vaccine sites in Florida resume Johnson & Johnson shots
The sites opened to the public at 7 a.m. However, due to inclement weather, it closed at 9:45 a.m. temporarily. It was cleared and reopened by 11 a.m.
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine: CDC lifts suspension amid blood clot concerns
Advisers to the CDC voted 10-4 to resume the shot’s emergency use authorization in the U.S. for everyone 18 and older. The panel said Friday that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh that serious but small risk — especially against a virus that’s still infecting tens of thousands of Americans every day.
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine: CDC panel votes 10-4 to lift suspension amid blood clot concerns
Out of nearly 8 million people vaccinated before the U.S. suspended J&J’s shot, health officials uncovered 15 cases of a highly unusual kind of blood clot, three of them fatal. All were women, and most younger than 50.
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine: EU regulator says blood clot very rare side effect
The EU's drugs regulator has said that blood clots should be listed as a "very rare" side effect of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday recommended a warning should be added to the vaccine’s product information, but stressed that the benefits of the shot – which was put on hold last week in Europe and the US – outweighed its risks.![Johnson & Johnson vaccine: EU regulator says blood clot very rare side effect]()
