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What to Do If You Have Already Received the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine

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Ridgewood NJ, on April 13, 2021, CDC and FDA recommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine. Of the nearly 7 million doses administered so far in the United States, a small number of reports of a rare and severe type of blood clot have been reported in people after receiving the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine.  All reports occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred six to 13 days after vaccination. As of April 13, 2021, of the more than 180 million doses administered so far of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, no reports matching those associated with the J&J/Janssen vaccine have been received.

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Valley Hospital statement on the FDA and CDC request to “pause” the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

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Ridgewood NJ, the Valley Hospital issued the following statement on the FDA and CDC request to “pause” the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine :

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CDC is recommending a “pause” in the administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

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New Brunswick NJ, the CDC is recommending a “pause” in the administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.

In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots were observed in the sinuses of the brain along with reduced platelet counts — making the usual treatment for blood clots, the blood thinner heparin, potentially “dangerous.”

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