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U.S. Vaccine Safety System Still Has Gaps By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Monday, May 03, 2021 (Kaiser News) -- The quick detection of an ultra-rare blood clotting reaction in some covid-19 vaccine recipients showed the power of a federal warning system for vaccine safety issues, but experts worry that blind spots in the program could hamper detection of other unexpected side effects. Before the pandemic began, the Food and Drug Administration had scaled back a program it used successfully to track adverse events during and after the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, and the agency is still ...

The U.S. is relying on a patchwork network of vaccine monitoring systems.

A cautious, transparent response reveals a process committed to vaccine safety. Q&A with Daniel Salmon | APRIL 15, 2021 This conversation is an updated excerpt from the March 22 episode of Public Health On Call, in which Salmon spoke with Stephanie Desmon about the AstraZeneca situation in particular.Subscribe to Podcast The U.S. on April 13 paused use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because, of the nearly 7 million people who received the vaccine, six women under 50 developed a rare form of blood clots called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST. This follows a similar move in...

El Sol's success in getting Black, Latino and other underrepresented populations vaccinated debunks the idea that these groups won't get the shot, said Juan Carlos Belliard, assistant vice president for community partnerships at Loma Linda University Health in San Bernardino County. Loma Linda is collaborating with El Sol to staff and provide doses for clinics. The people who show up are ready for their vaccine, though some are a bit hesitant, he said. "They're not like our middle-class folks who are literally crying for the vaccine," Belliard said. "These folks are still nervous about it, bu...

There is no evidence so far of a link between the AstraZeneca shots and a few new cases in Europe of serious illness and deaths. But investigations are underway.