Pa. tells providers to stop Johnson & Johnson shots while FDA reviews rare blood clotting cases
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All Pennsylvania COVID-19 vaccine providers should pause giving doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for at least a week, on the heels of a Tuesday recommendation from federal health officials, the state Health Department said
The department is taking the precautionary step as the Federal Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention review the cases of six women between the ages of 18 and 48, who had potentially serious blood clots 6 to 13 days after vaccination. This is a rare event as 6.8 million Americans have already received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
A few physicians are cautious, fearing injury to the woman or baby. But experts say if you listen to your body, the right amount can be beneficial to both.
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Government, religious and medical leaders came together to discuss vaccine hesitancy among Muslims and other minority groups across the commonwealth in Allentown on Wednesday.
Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam joined leaders from St. Luke’s University Health Network, Rabiul Chowdhury of the Muslim Aid Initiative and Imam Mohammad Elshinawy of the Islamic Education Center of Pennsylvania to tackle the topic, which has been a focus of the department over the course of the past few months, at the Sacred Heart campus.
As of Thursday, 3,779,961 partial vaccinations and 2,125,826 full vaccinations have been administered in Pennsylvania.
With 442,310 first doses of the vaccine set to be sent to Pennsylvania from the federal government this week, Beam noted that questions will become more frequent, and that education is imperative to help in the goal to eliminate the pandemic.
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