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CDC Issues Health Advisory on J&J Shot; Pfizer Ramps Up; STDs at All-Time High

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CDC issued a about the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that was paused due to six cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis with thrombocytopenia.

Here's made the decision to pause. (Washington Post)

The pause has led to and means vaccinations at essentially have stopped. (New York Times, McKnight's Long-Term Care News)

As of Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. EST, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll stood at 31,346,923 cases and 563,449 deaths -- up 77,971 and 841, respectively, in the previous 24 hours.

Pfizer ramped up production of its vaccine and said it can to the U.S. by the end of May than previously agreed. (The Hill)

Regeneron is pursuing EUA expansion for its cocktail as preventive treatment after it helped cut the risk of symptomatic infections in households where someone else is ill by 81%. (CNN)

Moderna's vaccine booster that first identified in South Africa, "closed the neutralizing titer gap for the variants of concern" in mice, the company said Tuesday.

The U.K. Com-Cov study that tests will expand to include shots made by Moderna and Novavax. (Reuters)

A phase II trial of IC14, an to treat COVID-19 respiratory disease, is underway, NIH said.

The and staff from working with players. (New York Times)

Here's how a consulting hematologist at University College London Hospital to the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. (The Guardian)

Denmark announced administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the first country to do so. (Reuters)

In other news:

  • For the sixth straight year, reached an all-time high according to the CDC, with more than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported in 2019.
  • Living near a hazardous waste or by about 2 months -- and if you couple that with high sociodemographic disadvantage, you might lose more than 1 year. (Nature Communications)
  • A federal appeals court upheld an Ohio law based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. (CNN)
  • The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of medical marijuana patients, voting unanimously that a construction company must pay an bills. (NJ.com)
  • Real estate investors are betting to the doctor's office. (Wall Street Journal)
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