About 135 million more doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problems, Congressional panel leaders said Thursday.
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American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot.
Executives at contract vaccine manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions covered up quality control problems that led to more than 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines needing to be trashed, congressional investigators said in a report Tuesday.
Health officials in the state of Delaware say there is still a plentiful supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Somerset County Health Department has announced its vaccination schedule for the month of January. All events will be at the Somerset County Health Department, which is located at 8928 Sign Post Road, Suite 2, Westover, MD.
There is currently a 47% jump in COVID cases in the U.S. since last week...many in the southeast. Meanwhile, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is coming under scrutiny from the FDA.
Virginia health officials have told providers to immediately resume their use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after federal agencies lifted a pause on the vaccine.
Following the news of the Johnson and Johnson pause, the Maryland Department of Health temporarily stopped walk up appointments for two mass vaccination sites. Hours later, however, MDH reversed its decision. Walk ups are now welcome again at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center.
The FDA and CDC recommended states pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following recent reports of adverse reactions to the vaccine.
Doses of the newly-approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine are on the way, to ramp up the fight against COVID-19. Health officials in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia all say they should see doses arrive later this week. In Delaware, the Division of Public Health says it expects to receive about 8,000 this week, but shipments after that will be more limited.