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Shreveport doctor discusses ‘pause’ on Johnson & Johnson vaccine after reports of blood clots Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine (Source: Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.) By Tayler Davis | April 13, 2021 at 1:05 PM CDT - Updated April 13 at 3:44 PM SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The CDC and FDA are recommending health providers put a “pause” on the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after receiving a small number of reports of people getting blood clots after the shot. On Tuesday, April 13, KSLA’s Tayler Davis spoke with Dr. John Vanchiere with...

Dr. John Vanchiere from Shreveport's LSU Health talks about the CDC recommendation to "pause" the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID vaccine. On Tuesday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to investigate reports of clots in six women that occurred within two weeks of vaccination. An Associated Press report said, "the clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48. There was one death." "It's ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- All local vaccination clinics using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be put on hold until the FDA gives the go-ahead to continue its use, said Dr.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Have you got your COVID-19 vaccine? For some, that question comes with an enthusiastic, "Yes." For others, there's a very definite reluctance to get the shot. It's become apparent that not everyone wants to roll up their sleeve. But the numbers of those reluctant is shrinking. An Associated Press-NORC poll conducted in late January showed that 33% of adult Americans did want a COVID-19 vaccine. That figure has dropped to 25% in the latest survey. "At this point I'm indecisive, after having COVID, I had a very bad case of COVID," said Patti Hartley of Benton. "I've been wait...