U.S. lifts pause, allowing Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations to resume
CDC advisers said Friday the benefits of the single-dose shot outweigh a rare risk of blood clots.
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By Wire Services
4:05 PM on Apr 23, 2021 CDT Updated at 6:02 PM on Apr 23, 2021 CDT Revised to reflect health officials lifting the pause.
U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot.
The government uncovered 15 vaccine recipients who developed a highly unusual kind of blood clot, out of nearly 8 million people given the J&J shot. All were women, most under age 50. Three died, and seven remain hospitalized.
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