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Three B.C. health agencies have teamed up to fund $1.3 million in COVID-19 vaccine research projects.
Genome B.C., the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health are funding nine rapid response research projects they say will have a direct impact on B.C. residents during the pandemic.
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Kristy Kerr, executive director of the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health, said the three agencies consulted with public health stakeholders to ensure the projects they were funding will be useful for pandemic decision making in B.C.
CDC investigating Oregon womanâs death after J&J vaccine
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and SARA CLINE The Associated Press,Updated April 22, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.David Zalubowski/Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. â 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 Oregon Health Authority learned of the probe on Tuesday, two days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began the investigation, the agency said. The woman, whose name was not released, received the dose before the CDC ordered a pause on the vaccine amid concerns it could cause dangerous clots.