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CDC, FDA Pause COVID-19 Vaccine, Schedule Emergency ACIP Meeting

Summary by Cindy Olmstead

In a joint announcement, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FDA have suspended distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. CDC deputy director Dr. Anne Schuchat and FDA’s director for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Dr. Peter Marks, said they were temporarily pausing the vaccine due to “an abundance of caution” after six recipients developed blood clots within two weeks of vaccination. Following the...