Dallas halts use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, delaying in-home distribution program
Dallas halts use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, delaying in-home distribution program
Dallas County also says it won’t use the vaccine at Fair Park after the CDC and FDA announced more analysis on possible side effects was needed.
In this March 31, 2021 file photo, a nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaxmobile, at the Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center, in Uniondale, N.Y. The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said it was investigating clots in six women in the days after vaccination, in combination with reduced platelet counts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)(Mary Altaffer)