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Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal health agencies called for a pause on the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine Tuesday after six people in the United States developed a rare blood clot disorder in the weeks after receiving it. But that alarm being sounded, experts told ABC News, could prove to be a good sign. “In a sense, this means our safety monitoring system, which is very comprehensive, is working,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. “Twenty years ago, we...

Small Companies, Big Ideas: Trailblazer on passion projects, staying independent There’s no question that the television industry is competitive, and it can be hard for a small prodco to break through the noise and find its niche. In ‘Small Companies, ... April 8, 2021 There’s no question that the television industry is competitive, and it can be hard for a small prodco to break through the noise and find its niche. In ‘Small Com...

Blue Planet Studio/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, GMA(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available to people younger than 65 and outside of the health care community, it is raising questions for breastfeeding and pregnant people who must decide if the vaccine is right for them.Pfizer and BioNTech became the first vaccine maker to evaluate their COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women when they announced a new trial Thursday.Their vaccine, along with Moderna's, are the two mRNA vaccines currently available in the United States after being granted Emergency Use Authorization by t...

AstraZeneca vaccine may slow virus transmission © Lee Smith/Reuters, FILE The AstraZeneca vaccine likely slows the transmission of the virus in addition to protecting against severe COVID-19 illness and death, according to a new study. To come to that conclusion, University of Oxford researchers swabbed study participants in the U.K. every week and found a 67% reduction in positive swabs among participants who had been vaccinated. "We haven’t specifically measured transmission because that’s a different type of study," Andrew Pollard, head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said during a ...

Coronavirus updates: LA becomes 1st county to cross 1 million cases Samara Heisz/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 94.2 million people worldwide and killed over 2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Here’s how the news developed over the weekened. All times Eastern: Jan 17, 10:57 am People turned away from Houston Astros’ stadium after vaccines run out People seeking COVID-19 vac...