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Utah, other states ‘pausing’ Johnson & Johnson vaccines after 6 experienced blood clots
None of more than 81,000 Utahns who got the vaccine reported blood clots, state health officials say
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Medical assistant Tracey Wootton holds several syringes full of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination clinic at Intermountain Healthcare’s The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray on March 4, 2021. Utah announced Tuesday it is pausing administration of the single-dose J&J vaccine while federal health officials investigate reports of “rare, treatable” blood clots experienced by a small number of vaccine recipients.
Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Utah joined other states Tuesday in pausing the administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while federal health officials investigate reports of rare but treatable blood clots experienced by a small number of vaccine recipients.
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Providers, tech companies to advocate for expanding clinical care at home
A group of healthcare stakeholders Amazon Care, Intermountain Healthcare and Ascension, to name a few has created an alliance to advocate for home-based care services through policy changes.
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Demand for home care accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic, and though regulations were passed to support this shift, they remain temporary.
A group of providers, technology firms and home healthcare companies have joined forces to establish an alliance that aims to make those changes permanent. Launched on Wednesday, the founding members include Amazon Care, Signify Health, DispatchHealth, Intermountain Healthcare and Ascension.
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