The US has paused its use of J&J s COVID-19 shot. How will that impact vaccine equity? Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY
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Public health experts worry the pause on administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will impact efforts to reach marginalized, vulnerable populations including communities of color.
The one-and-done nature of the J&J COVID-19 shot, and less stringent storage requirements, made it ideal for homebound people, those in underserved neighborhoods and rural, remote areas with limited health care access. The other two authorized COVID-19 vaccines, from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, require a second dose and more complicated cold storage.
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Half of new cases are in 5 states; UK variant becomes dominant strain in US; Brazil endures deadliest day: Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon, Doyle Rice and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY We aren’t at the finish line, Biden says COVID is dangerous despite vaccine rollout
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Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states – a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.
New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections, or nearly 197,500 new cases, in the latest available seven-day period, according to state health agency data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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New mass vaccination site opens in Elgin
Rich Sawyer of South Elgin winces as he gets his Johnson & Johnson vaccine Wednesday at the new Elgin mass vaccination site at the Eastside Recreation Center. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Tom Fraser of West Dundee, in blue, was the first person in line Wednesday to receive a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine shot at the new Elgin mass vaccination site at the Eastside Recreation Center. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Gilberto Ramirez of Elgin receives his Johnson & Johnson vaccine shot from nurse Velencia Lewis on Wednesday at the new Elgin mass vaccination site at the Eastside Recreation Center.