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Contractor that ruined 15M doses of J&J vaccine is holding up vaccine to India

April 27, 2021

Enlarge / Funeral pyres of people who died of COVID-19 being prepared simultaneously at Gazipur crematorium on April 26, 2021 in New Delhi, India. Getty | Raj K RajIndia’s skyrocketing surge of COVID-19 cases has launched the country into the most harrowing crisis yet in the pandemic. While international aid pours into the country, many have called...

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CDC advisors vote 10 to 4 to lift J&J pause, with new warning about clots

April 23, 2021

Enlarge / Boxes of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Florida.Getty | Paul HennessyA panel of expert advisors for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday voted 10 to four (with one abstention) in favor of lifting the pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The panel reaffirmed its...

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US COVID vaccinations fall nearly 11% in a week as demand wanes

April 22, 2021

Enlarge / Nurses wait at empty tables for more patients to arrive to receive a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in Gardena, California on April 17, 2021.Getty | Patrick FallonThough COVID-19 vaccines are now open to all US adults, vaccinations in the country are on the decline. In the past week, the rolling seven-da...

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Contractor that ruined 15M doses of J&J vaccine hiked price of another by 800%

April 22, 2021

Enlarge / The Emergent BioSolutions plant, a manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 9, 2021. Getty | Saul LoebThings are not looking good for Emergent BioSolutions, the contract manufacturer that ruined 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine and millions mo...

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Pause of J&J vaccine was the right call, say 88% of polled Americans

April 20, 2021

Enlarge / General exterior view of the head office of Janssen pharmaceutical company on April 15, 2021 in Leiden, Netherlands. Getty | BSR AgencyAbout 88 percent of Americans support the pause of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, and the pause did not increase vaccine hesitancy, according to fresh data from the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus poll....

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More J&J troubles: Vaccine manufacturing halted and more possible clot cases

April 19, 2021

Enlarge / The Emergent BioSolutions plant, a manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 9, 2021. Getty | Saul LoebThe US Food and Drug Administration last week asked Emergent BioSolutions to stop making Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine at its troubled facility in Baltimore, according...

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At 38.5% vaccinated, US may be running low on people eager for a shot

April 17, 2021

Enlarge / Residents wear protective masks while waiting to be vaccinated at a West Virginia United Health System Covid-19 vaccine clinic in Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Getty | BloombergThe US logged another 4 million or so vaccinations Friday, bringing the total doses administered in the country over 200 million at...

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99.992% of fully vaccinated people have dodged COVID, CDC data shows

April 15, 2021

Enlarge / Residents wait in an observation area after receiving Covid-19 vaccines at a vaccination site in Richmond, California on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Getty | BloombergCases of COVID-19 are extremely rare among people who are fully vaccinated, according to a new data analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among more than ...

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CDC expert panel punts on deciding fate of J&J COVID vaccine

April 15, 2021

Enlarge / Boxes of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Florida.Getty | Paul HennessyAn advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declined to vote on the fate of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, likely leaving in place a pause on the vaccine’s use until the committe...

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J&J COVID vaccine use paused due to one-in-a-million complication

April 13, 2021

Enlarge / A nurse practitioner named Heidi Johnson administers a vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.Tom Williams / Getty ImagesOn Tuesday morning, the US Centers for Disease Control and Food and Drug Administration issued a release acknowledging an extremely rare clotting disorder was associated with the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vacci...