Whitmer pledges to ramp up COVID-19 treatment, but no word on new Michigan restrictions msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Whitmer, Dingell tour Washtenaw County vaccine clinic, aim to increase access for vulnerable persons
Updated Apr 12, 2021;
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YPSILANTI, MI Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell at Washtenaw County’s mass vaccination clinic Monday morning to encourage Michiganders to get vaccinated to discuss efforts surrounding vaccine access and equitable distribution.
The leaders highlighted efforts made by the Washtenaw County Health Department as well as St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, which has partnered with the health department to support its vaccine clinics.
Dingell, D-Dearborn, and Whitmer were joined on the April 12 tour of Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center by Washtenaw County Health Officer Jimena Loveluck; Alonzo Lewis, CEO of St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor and St. Joseph Mercy Livingston hospitals, and the Rev. Larry Davis, pastor of Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ypsilanti.
Michigan halts Johnson & Johnson vaccines due to FDA concerns of rare blood clots msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Federal health officials recommended an immediate pause Tuesday on the use of Johnson & Johnson s coronavirus vaccine out of an abundance of caution following reports of six cases of rare and serious blood clots in women in the United States.
The blood clots, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced in a series of tweets, are severe and extremely rare. In these cases, a type of blood clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) was seen in combination with low levels of blood platelets (thrombocytopenia), the FDA said in a statement. All six cases occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. Treatment of this specific type of blood clot is different from the treatment that might typically be administered. Usually, an anticoagulant drug called heparin is used to treat blood clots. In this setting, administration of heparin may be dangerous, and alternative treatments need to be given.
Michigan pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to blood clot concerns thetimesherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetimesherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.