Halt in J&J shots deepens vaccination uncertainties at a critical time
Massachusetts follows CDC recommendation to pause injections
By Robert Weisman and Jonathan Saltzman Globe Staff,Updated April 13, 2021, 1 hour ago
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A clinic in Elgin, Ill., was closed Tuesday with the news of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.Rick West/Associated Press
A sudden halt in Johnson & Johnsonâs vaccine injected jitters into the nationâs COVID-19 inoculation campaign Tuesday, threatening to shake confidence in vaccinations six days before theyâre opened to all adults.
Massachusetts quickly joined dozens of other states, including neighboring Rhode Island and New Hampshire, in adopting a federal recommendation to suspend the J&J shots as US health officials review a half-dozen cases of rare blood clots in women who had been given the single-dose vaccine. About 6.8 million Americans have received the vaccine so far.
Study: States with high mask-wearing saw lower COVID-19 infection rates in 2020
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New research shows that states with mask mandates saw fewer cases of the coronavirus spread last year. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo New research shows that states with mask mandates saw fewer cases of the coronavirus spread last year. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo New research shows that states with mask mandates saw fewer cases of the coronavirus spread last year, though the mandates were controversial in some parts of the United States and many states did not enact them. File Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI | License Photo
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Virtual Conference Brings Together Global Experts to Tackle COVID-19 “Infodemic”
Health behavior experts come together to put forth an agenda that uses social media to solve public health problems
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The COVID-19 pandemic that seized the world last year created an unprecedented global health crisis. The pandemic was accompanied by an “infodemic” in which misinformation about the virus and, more recently, COVID-19 vaccines, have run rampant on social media.
Given this dual challenge of the pandemic and misinformation about it, the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media is hosting its fifth annual conference on the topic of COVID-19 misinformation. The entirely virtual conference will take place on May 13-14.
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