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Johnson & Johnson vaccine halt in Indiana Joe Tamborello, Indianapolis Star Johnson & Johnson vaccinations halted Just as a six-day mass vaccination clinic was opening at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it was recommending "a pause" in the use of the vaccine after noticing six severe rare blood clots in women who had received the vaccine. Soon after, Indiana paused the use of the J&J vaccine. The IMS clinic is now administering the Moderna vaccine. Around 6,000 people had signed up to receive the vaccine each day of t...

A message of hope and faith rang loud on Easter weekend in Indianapolis' north side. On Saturday, New Era Church hosted a pop-up vaccination clinic, in partnership with Oak Street Health, an organization of primary care centers for adults on Medicare. The clinic was open to anyone in the community looking to become vaccinated. Community vaccine clinics are being promoted as a way to build trust and increase vaccinations in communities of color that have disproportionality been hesitant to receive the vaccine. Clarence Moore, the church's lead pastor, has been an advocate for increasing vacci...