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If you’ve had COVID-19, you’ll still need the vaccine for full protection from the virus. But it’s looking more and [...]
The do-it-yourself, at-home, no-prescription-required COVID-19 tests have arrived. The results of these tests, which require a fluid sample using a [...]
Remember when scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine appointment online was the hottest ticket in the state? With 61 percent of Connecticut [...]
The COVID-19 vaccine is proving remarkably resilient, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting fewer than 6,000 cases [...]
While only six out of 7 million women suffered from blood clots after getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the [...]
It might be time we add exercise to masks, social distancing and good hand hygiene as the best protection against [...]
J&J Pause not slowing COVID clinics, Live story from CT Convention Center, with people who got vaccine, and Keith Grant, APRN, Senior System Director, Infection Prevention, about how health experts promised to keep a close eye on vaccines and this shows the monitoring is happening.
Update on Johnson & Johnson pause, with Keith Grant, APRN, Senior System Director, Infection Prevention, saying CDC and FDA did the right thing to be cautious, but both he and James Cardon, MD, Chief Clinical Integration Officer believe the vaccine is still safe overall.
Johnson & Johnson on pause, with James Cardon, MD, Chief Clinical Integration Officer, Hartford HealthCare, and Yale doctor, about whether the vaccine triggered an immune response, but try to ease concerns, encourage everyone to consider other two vaccines during this time.
Story about how many J&J vaccines have been distributed in the state, and whether scheduling will be impacted, quote with James Cardon, MD, Chief Clinical Integration Officer, about how HHC primarily used J&J in certain patients, like in the hospital or mobile clinics, but larger clinics used Pfizer and Moderna, so most scheduling is not impacted.
Johnson & Johnson vaccines put on pause, due to rare blood clots, with James Cardon, MD, Chief Clinical Integration Officer, Hartford HealthCare about symptoms to be aware of if you have gotten the J&J shot.
State pauses use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine at vaccine clinics, with James Cardon of Hartford HealthCare commenting on safety concerns and rare side effects.
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