NEW INFECTIONS HITTING YOUNGER PEOPLE: According to the State House News Service: Almost 40 percent of the new COVID-19 cases recorded in Massachusetts in the past two weeks were among
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A health official in Philadelphia prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Use of the vaccine is on hold temporarily in Massachusetts and other states while experts review an extremely rare number of blood clots. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
J&J VACCINE PAUSE: Federal regulators are recommending that states hold off on administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while health experts look at six reported cases of people who had severe blood clots after getting the vaccine. Thatâs out of more than 6.8 million people who got the vaccine.
The delay prompted the head of the stateâs medical society to argue that the vaccine program in Massachusetts must be fair.
VACCINE REPORT: As of Monday morning, 1,789,004 people in Massachusetts are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the state Department of Public Health. Gov. Charlie Baker said more than 2
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