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Johnson & Johnson Joins World Health Organization in Efforts to Prevent Spread of Ebola in West Africa
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Ebola vaccine regimens will be made available as part of a WHO early access clinical program now underway in Sierra Leone
Company s Ebola vaccine regimen also receives Prequalification from the WHO
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine regimen is designed to be used proactively to induce immunity against Ebola in adults and children
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced the World Health Organization (WHO) and the government of Sierra Leone have begun administering the Company s Ebola vaccine regimen as part of a WHO early access clinical program aimed at preventing further spread of Ebola in West Africa. The vaccine regimen, developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) in collaboration with Bavarian Nordic A/S,
But how will the Pfizer and J&J shots affect you - can you, for instance, expect any side-effects?
The Sisonke trial, which uses the J&J jab, was, for example, recently paused for two weeks to investigate reports about rare blood clots linked to the vaccine.
So how do you know if a side-effect is something to be concerned about and how often are such symptoms likely to occur?
We break it down.
1. What is a side-effect?
To answer that, let’s take a quick refresher on how vaccines work. (A great place to start is to watch the first session of the Vaccine Science 101 course Bhekisisa and the Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare hosted in March.)
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