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The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine sits on a table at a pop-up vaccinations site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center in the Staten Island borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. on Tuesday recommended a “pause” in use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, setting off a chain reaction worldwide and dealing a setback to the global vaccination campaign.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced that they were looking into unusual clots in six women between the ages of 18 and 48. One person died.
What we know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and rare blood clots Share Updated: 6:44 PM CDT Apr 13, 2021 By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
What we know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and rare blood clots Share Updated: 6:44 PM CDT Apr 13, 2021
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Show Transcript BUT IT DOES MEAN THEY WILL HAVE TO KNOW THE SYMPTOMS TO WATCH FOR. Julie Willems Van Dijk - If you received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, please know this is very unlikely to affect you. (vo) The state’s Deputy Health Secretary stressed just how rare adverse reactions to the Johnson and Johnson vaccine are. rare, she said, but also potentially very serious. That’s the reason for the vaccine pause, and why health officials are spreading the word about the possible serious side effects. Julie Willems Van Dijk - Severe headache, abdominal pain, le pain, shortness of breath or n vision problems - generally occurring 6-to-15 days after your vaccine. Jul
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Last Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 05:19 PM IST
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These are not typical blood clots. They re weird in two ways. First, they re occurring in unusual parts of the body, such as veins that drain blood from the brain. Second, those patients also have abnormally low levels of platelets - cells that help form clots - a condition normally linked to bleeding, not clotting.
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The U.S. recommended a “pause” in use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after six women betweent the ages of 18 and 48 developed unusual blood clots. One woman died and another is in critical condition.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced that they were looking into reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, setting off a chain reaction worldwide and dealing a setback to the global vaccination campaign.