The Food and Drug Administration asked states early Tuesday to temporarily halt using J&J s single-shot vaccine out of an abundance of caution after six women, ages 18 to 48, out of the roughly 6.9 million people who received the shot developed a blood-clotting disorder known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST.
All of the women developed the condition, which occurs when a blood clot forms in the brain s venous sinuses, preventing blood from draining out of the brain back to the heart, within about two weeks of receiving the shot, health officials told reporters on a call. For people who recently got the vaccine within the last couple weeks, they should be aware to look for any symptoms, Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a press briefing Tuesday. If you ve received the vaccine and developed severe headaches, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath, you should contact your health-car
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Since the COVID-19 virus was discovered, the world has waited for a vaccine that would help our lives return to some level of normalcy. Now that vaccine distribution has begun, what will this “new normal” look like?
Here, University of Chicago experts explore what the vaccine rollout has revealed about our cities, and how it will impact our lives within them from our health care systems and businesses, to our educational and cultural institutions.
‘A complex gift’
“So the vaccine is a complex gift. It both gives you a sense that you are protected, but it ought not give you a sense that you’re free to do anything you want,” says Laurie Zoloth, a professor of religion and ethics at the Divinity School. “The fact that you have the vaccine means that you’ve accepted the gift, and the gift comes with some strings attached.