On Tuesday, Prisma Health announced that they are pausing their use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says they are putting an immediate pause on the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in the state.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the United States has now surpassed more than 560,000 deaths from COVID-19. As vaccinations ramp up, Johnson & Johnson is warning about a drop in the supply of its vaccine next week.
Good news for your kids who want to get vaccinated as well, Johnson & Johnson says it is testing its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in teens. The company will start by adding 16 and 17-year-olds to its phase 2a trials, which have been ongoing since September.
The manufacturers of all three COVID-19 vaccines being used in the United States say they continue to conduct tests and are working to increase production capabilities.
Officials in the Biden administration are not confident that Johnson & Johnson will meet its self-imposed deadline to deliver 20 million COVID-19 vaccines by the end of March, despite the company saying they can deliver.
Right now, the three COVID-19 vaccines on the U.S. market are for adults. You must be 18 or older to get Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, and 16 or older for the vaccine made by Pfizer. Clinical trials are now underway for younger children.
Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly.
There’s a new weapon in the fight against COVID-19. After getting the green light from the Food and Drug Administration, Monday morning, Johnson & Johnson began shipping out the first batch of its new one-dose vaccine. Those shots could be in the arms of nearly four million Americans in the next few days.
Johnson & Johnson’s single shot vaccine was approved and is now available for emergency use. That means millions of more single shot doses will be available to Americans 18 and older this week.
