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FILE - This Saturday, March 6, 2021, file photo, shows vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital pharmacy. Oregon health officials said Thursday, April 22, 2021, that federal officials are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who developed a rare blood clot and low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) April 22, 2021 - 6:02 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon health officials said Thursday that federal officials are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who developed a rare blood clot and low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19.
The woman developed a rare blood clot within two weeks of getting her shot.
For now, there s no definitive link between her death and the vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the death of an Oregon woman who developed a rare, but serious blood clot within two weeks of receiving Johnson & Johnson s vaccine, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced Thursday.
The pause followed six reports of central venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), a rare blood clot that forms in the brain, among women ages 18 and 48 who had received J&J s shot. The women similarly developed the clots within two weeks of being vaccinated. They also reported low levels of platelets colorless blood cells that help clots form.
CDC probing death of Oregonian woman who received J&J COVID-19 vaccine
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The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was shelved last week after a handful of cases of blood clotting possibly linked to the shot were reported. Photo by Szilard Koszticsak/EPA-EFE
April 22 (UPI) Health officials in Oregon announced Thursday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the death of a woman who developed blood cots after she was immunized with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
The Oregon Health Authority said in a statement it learned about the death Tuesday, two days after the CDC was notified about the case from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which is the national database that collects reports of issues associated with vaccines.
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Woman Dies After Getting J&J COVID-19 Vaccine: Oregon Health Officials
Oregon health officials said a woman died this week after receiving the Johnson & Johnson CCP virus vaccine, although the agency did not say whether the two events were linked.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) said that they received information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the woman’s death, adding that the agency is now investigating the matter. They only described the woman as being in her 50s.
She received the J&J single-shot vaccine before the CDC and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended a pause earlier in April on using the vaccine due to about a half-dozen reports of blood clots out of 7 million doses administered so far. Officials with the CDC are scheduled to hold a meeting Friday to discuss how to proceed.