CT Pauses of J&J COVID Vaccine After Rare Complications
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The state of Connecticut is pausing the administration of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the time being while the FDA and CDC investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
Connecticut Pauses Use of the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine
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In a joint statement issued on Tuesday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. 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.