Credit Oakland County Health Dept.
Michigan paused the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine today after federal health officials recommended doing so Tuesday morning.
As of Monday, 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been administered in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control is reviewing six cases where people got a rare and serious blood clot within two weeks of being vaccinated.
The CDC says treatment of this type of blood clot is different from what might typically be administered and is meeting Wednesday to review more information. The recommendations to pause administration of the vaccine have been made "out of an abundance of caution" the CDC said.