Print this article A person receives a dose of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Chicago, Ill., April 6, 2021.
(Carlos Barria/Reuters) The regulatory agency regularly hamstrings the development and use of essential medicines.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration reported that six women of childbearing age who received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine contracted a rare form of blood clotting in the venous drainage of the brain one associated with a low platelet count. Sadly, one of the six died and another is in critical condition at the time of this writing. The FDA recommended “pausing” the use of the J&J vaccine until more information can be gathered. But even though this was less than a one-in-a-million event more than 6 million Americans have received the J&J vaccine and the risk of blood clots in women taking oral contraceptives is higher, the advisory panel established by the
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Biden Moves To Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules
The 2019 rules dramatically limited access to family planning services for many low-income people.
By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News
The Biden administration Wednesday formally proposed the repeal of Trump-era regulations barring abortion referrals and making other changes intended to evict Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from the federal family planning program, Title X. The 2019 rules dramatically limited access to these family planning services for many low-income people.
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