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Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal health agencies called for a pause on the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine Tuesday after six people in the United States developed a rare blood clot disorder in the weeks after receiving it. But that alarm being sounded, experts told ABC News, could prove to be a good sign. “In a sense, this means our safety monitoring system, which is very comprehensive, is working,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventi...

Small Companies, Big Ideas: Trailblazer on passion projects, staying independent There’s no question that the television industry is competitive, and it can be hard for a small prodco to break through the noise and find its niche. In ‘Small Companies, ... April 8, 2021 There’s no question that the television industry is competitive, ...

Blue Planet Studio/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, GMA(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available to people younger than 65 and outside of the health care community, it is raising questions for breastfeeding and pregnant people who must decide if the vaccine is right for them.Pfizer and BioNTech became the first vaccine maker to evaluate their COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women when they announced a new trial Thursday.Their vaccine, along with Moderna's, are the two mRNA va...

AstraZeneca vaccine may slow virus transmission © Lee Smith/Reuters, FILE The AstraZeneca vaccine likely slows the transmission of the virus in addition to protecting against severe COVID-19 illness and death, according to a new study. To come to that conclusion, University of Oxford researchers swabbed study participants in the U.K. every week and found a 67% reduction in positive swabs among participants who had been vaccinated. "We haven’t specifically measured transmission because ...

Coronavirus updates: LA becomes 1st county to cross 1 million cases Samara Heisz/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 94.2 million people worldwide and killed over 2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Here’s how the news developed over the weekened. All times Eastern: Jan 17, 10:57 am ...

By MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 93 million people worldwide and killed over 1.99 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Here’s how the news [...]

COVID-19 vaccine: Answering the most common questions ABCNews As the United States nears another grim milestone of 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a leading vaccine company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Anticipation for the vaccine has been growing after nine months of devastation. Last week, the U.K. became the first country to deliver a COVID-19 shot developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German company BioNTech. Pfizer applied for emergency use auth...

Electoral College voting brings crossroads for Trump and his GOP: The Note © Jonathan Ernst/Reuters FILE U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he leaves after a campaign event for Republican U.S. senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., December 5, 2020. What do they do now – and will they still go where the president tells them, if the "Kraken" leads to a crack-up? One could argue, until this Monday – the third week in December -- that it carried no real...

Electoral College voting brings crossroads for Trump and his GOP: The Note © Jonathan Ernst/Reuters FILE U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he leaves after a campaign event for Republican U.S. senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., December 5, 2020. What do they do now – and will they still go where the president tells them, if the "Kraken" leads to a crack-up? One could argue, until this Monday – the third week in December -- that it carried no real...

like, it was a telephone pole, and wires were still live. >> reporter: with the lightning, came heavy rain. winds up to 75 miles per hour. >> the sky was pitch black, watching the trees fall. it was chaos. >> reporter: and three ef-1 tornadoes packing winds up to 110 miles per hour. one was in montrose, pennsylvania, the other two north in new york state. carol martin and her family were home when a twister hit elmira, new york. >> the tree comes smashing right through the window in th...