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CDC says Johnson & Johnson shots can continue in North Carolina after reports of adverse reactions By Bryan Andersen UK COVID-19 variant now ‘most common lineage’ in US, CDC says During the White House’s COVID-19 briefing Wednesday, April 7, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the agency’s most recent estimates indicate the B.1.1.7 variant is now the most common lineage circulating in the United States. RALEIGH, N.C. - Federal health officials say it’s safe to continue administering J...

Heres a look at the 15 Virginia localities with the most COVID-19 cases during the first 12 months of the pandemic. After 18 people had adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Wake County Public Health decided to "pause" using the vaccine at its PNC Arena site "out of an abundance of caution," a county spokesperson told The News & Observer. A couple of hours later, UNC Healths Friday Center and Hillsborough Campus vaccination sites also stopped administering the...

Fri, 04/09/2021 - 08:51 "RED FLAG" BILL WOULD TEMPORARILY REMOVE FIREARM FROM DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS: A North Carolina bill allowing courts to temporarily seize firearms from people who are deemed a threat to themselves or others was filed Thursday, hours after President Joe Biden recommended states adopt laws to reduce gun violence. But if history is any guide, Democrats will have a hard time passing such “red flag” bills in North Carolina. Three of them, Reps. Marcia Morey of Durham, John ...

CDC recommends North Carolina clinics should continue administering Johnson & Johnson vaccine Share Updated: 11:19 AM CDT Apr 9, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Share Updated: 11:19 AM CDT Apr 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINES ARE ON HOLD AT A COUPLE OF CLINICS IN NORTH CAROLINA. WRAL IN RALEIGH REPORTS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HAD BAD REACTIONS TO THE VACCINE AT A WAKE COUNTY CLINIC TODAY UP TO 2,000 PEOPLE A DAY ARE VACCINATED ...

2021/04/09 23:53 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal health officials say its safe to continue administering Johnson & Johnson shots at three vaccination sites in North Carolina that had an increase in reports of adverse reactions on Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the all-clear late Thursday and again Friday morning. Four of the more than 2,300 people who received a J&J vaccine at PNC Arena in Raleigh on Thursday were hospitalized, and all but o...

UNC Health, Wake to resume Johnson & Johnson vaccine after CDC reports no safety issues Adam Wagner, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Apr. 9—UNC — Health and Wake County will both resume using the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded late Thursday that there are no safety issues with the vaccine. "Were confident in the safety and efficacy of the J&J vaccine," Alan Wolf, a UNC Health spokesman, told The News & ...

Supply of COVID vaccine has grown in NC. Will it be enough to keep up with demand? Richard Stradling and Adam Wagner, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Apr. 6—The opening of COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday to Group 5, or anyone 16 and older who hasnt received the vaccine, comes as the supply of vaccine in North Carolina is as great as ever, which should help satisfy the increase in demand, health officials say. The state received 391,760 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine this ...

From social worker to politician: Shanna Fishel launches bid to become next mayor of Northampton Updated Mar 04, 2021; Posted Mar 04, 2021 Shanna T. Fishel, an activist, social worker and former special education teacher in Boston, launched their campaign for mayor of Northampton on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Courtesy Shanna Fishel for Mayor campaign) Facebook Share The Northampton mayoral race is starting to heat up. Shanna T. Fishel, an activist, social worker and former special education teac...

Former state Senate candidate Chelsea Sunday Kline announces she is not running for Northampton mayor Updated Mar 03, 2021; Posted Mar 03, 2021 Chelsea Sunday Kline, a Northampton resident, ran in 2018 for State Senate in Massachusetts to represent the Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester County district. Here, she is seen speaking with reporters and editors at The Republican in August 2018. (Greg Saulmon/The Republican) Facebook Share As the Northampton mayoral race heats up this week with its ...

Mar. 1—North Carolinians could get the new single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week. Wake County Public Health will receive 5,200 doses and the delivery could arrive as early as the week of March 1. The state health department gave county officials the news over the weekend. The J&J vaccine was cleared for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, making it ...