FDA orders US plant to STOP making J&J’s Covid vaccine as it investigates ingredient mix-up that ruined 15 MILLION doses of the shot The FDA asked Emergent BioSolutions manufacturing plant in Baltimore to halt production of J&J’s vaccine on April 16 It comes after the plant accidentally used an ingredient intended for the AstraZeneca vaccine – … Read more
Russia waded into the coronavirus vaccine safety debate today with a PR blitz to claim its Sputnik jab does not cause the rare blood clots that have blighted others. The country’s controversial vaccine triggers an immune response in a similar way to rival jabs made by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. But its manufacturer, the … Read more
The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two. Health experts had been anxiously awaiting a one-and-done option to help speed vaccinations, as they race against a virus that already has … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine SHOULD get FDA authorization, expert panel votes: Advisors give unanimous ‘yes’ for America’s ‘game-changing’ third shot FDA’s advisory committee recommended that the FDA give emergency approval for J&J’s shot on Friday The shot was 66% effective at preventing mild to moderate infection in trials globally, and 72% … Read more
New York City will use Johnson & Johnson’s easy to store, single-dose coronavirus shot to vaccinate homebound seniors and others, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. ‘Let’s talk about how we’re going to reach home-bound seniors,’ the mayor said during a media briefing. ‘We’re going to use that Johnson & Johnson vaccine to reach homebound, … Read more