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Prisons postpone vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson shots paused The latest information on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine Replay Video UP NEXT The Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause, likely to last another seven to 10 days while a federal advisory committee evaluates a possible link to a rare but severe blood clotting disorder, may deal a blow to vulnerable populations -- the homebound, homeless and incarcerated among them -- because it had been easier to get those individuals one shot than two, health experts said. © Jessica Hill/AP, FILE In addition to being a single dose, the J...

What to know about those getting rare but severe blood clots from J&J vaccine CDC panel calls to keep J&J vaccine pause in place Replay Video UP NEXT Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines are still on hold after several patients who had recently received the shot suffered from rare but severe blood clots. Six confirmed cases are being studied by the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johnson & Johnson. It's not yet known whether the vaccine has a direct causative effect on the clots, but of the more than 7 million people who have gotten the Johns...

J&J COVID-19 vaccine pause: How the company and government should have communicated about it Pulling the vaccine may unnecessarily make it the choice of last resort if it’s reintroduced back into the market, says a former FDA communications pro. by Betsy Kim Register Limited Article Views (Excludes Subscriber Only Content) Select Newsletters (Excludes Subscriber Only Bulletins) Limited number of free email bulletins Unlimited Access to PRWeek content Daily Breakfast Briefing PRWeek Daily News (subscriber-exclusive email bulletin) Exclusive access to Power Book and Top 150 UK Consultancies/A...

Dr. Jha: Pausing Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the right call PROVIDENCE — “It was the right thing for the FDA and the CDC to call for this.” So declared pandemic expert Dr. Ashish Jha on Tuesday morning when discussing the immediate pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that the two federal health agencies have recommended. The Rhode Island Department of Health is following the guidance. The federal recommendation follows reports of six women, from 18 to 48 years old, who developed a rare blood-clotting disorder after receiving the single-dose vaccine. One woman die...

Rhode Island is pausing administration of the Johnson &  Johnson vaccine Tuesday after federal authorities recommended a pause, the Rhode Island Department of Health announced Tuesday morning. "No Johnson & Johnson appointments had been scheduled for release today," the Health Department said in a statement. "RIDOH is directing vaccinators that had made Johnson & Johnson vaccination appointments to not administer those doses. Rhode Island has administered 31,500 doses of Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott said during a press briefing Tuesday afternoon. "We have not had any of th...