Updated: 3:51 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021 By WTAE.com with The Associated Press Allegheny Health Network and UPMC on Tuesday said they are pausing distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.The move came after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration recommended a pause in using the single-dose vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.A vaccination clinic scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills will be held using the Pfizer vaccine instead of the J&J vaccine, UPMC said.Click here to schedule your vaccine from UPMC. The CDC and the FDA said they were investigating unusual clots that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48; there was one death and all remained under investigation. I d like to stre
Adverse reactions to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know Shelley Bortz
There has been some concern over possible side effects from the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
People previously on the fence about getting vaccinated are now more worried, as news of some people having adverse reactions to the shot came out over the past few days.
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Georgia became the third state in a week to temporarily shut down a vaccine clinic after eight people there had bad reactions to the shot. Last week, 18 people in North Carolina reported side effects while 11 people in Colorado had symptoms ranging from dizziness, nausea and fainting.
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The UPMC sign sits atop the U.S. Steel Tower in Downtown Pittsburgh, headquarters to the nonprofit health system that controls both hospital and insurance arms. UPMC was among health systems nationwide that reported strong financial performance in 2020 despite pandemic-spurred challenges.
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Allegheny Health Network Chief Medical Officer Dr. Donald Whiting (from left), UPMC Senior Medical Director Dr. Don Yealy, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Heritage Valley Health System Medical Director of the Emergency Department Dr. Ronald Leckey and St. Clair Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Sullivan look on during a press conference about the rising number of local covid-19 cases at Point State Park on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.
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Former skeptical patients at Monroeville COVID-19 clinic show up after self-educating about vaccine
Facebook, Twitter, Reddit are resources to share information; however they are first and foremost social media sites, not medical journals Share Updated: 1:06 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021
Former skeptical patients at Monroeville COVID-19 clinic show up after self-educating about vaccine
Facebook, Twitter, Reddit are resources to share information; however they are first and foremost social media sites, not medical journals Share Updated: 1:06 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021
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Show Transcript OUT. I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL ON IT. DEFINITELY SKEPTICAL. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SAFE BEFORE I GOT IT. SKEPTICISM. YOU MIGHT FEEL IT TOO, WHEN A VACCINE IS DEVELOPED AND APPROVED FOR EMERGENCY USE, WITHIN A YEAR. YOU MIGHT EVEN FEEL LIKE A GUINEA PIG WHEN YOU’RE ASKED TO TAKE THE VACCINE. STEREOTYPICALLY, I HEARD THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET