Texas directs providers to halt Johnson & Johnson vaccine after CDC and FDA's guidance KTRK Replay Video UP NEXT Following a call by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday morning, Harris County announced it will pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at county distribution sites. According to a tweet from the office of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, residents who were scheduled to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine today at NRG Park will be offered the Pfizer vaccine instead. The pause will not affect residents scheduled to receive their vaccine at mobile sites, which are administering the Moderna vaccine.