By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam By — Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/live-qa-what-to-know-about-the-johnson-johnson-vaccine-pause Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: What to know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause Health Apr 13, 2021 10:53 AM EDT The federal government has called for an immediate pause in the usage of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The move comes after six women developed rare blood clots after receiving the vaccine. Nearly 7 million people have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States so far. What does the move mean for those who have received the one dose vaccine and how will it affect the U.S. vaccination rollout? PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz posed these questions — and yours — to data and health reporter Laura Santhanam on Tuesday. READ MORE: U.S. recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports WATCH: FDA, CDC experts answer questions about pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam is the Health Reporter and Coordinating Producer for Polling for the PBS NewsHour, where she has also worked as the Data Producer. Follow @LauraSanthanam @LauraSanthanam By — Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz serves as co-anchor of PBS NewsHour. @IAmAmnaNawaz
The federal government has called for an immediate pause in the usage of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The move comes after six women developed rare blood clots after receiving the vaccine. Nearly 7 million people have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States so far. What does the move mean for those who have received the one dose vaccine and how will it affect the U.S. vaccination rollout? PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz posed these questions — and yours — to data and health reporter Laura Santhanam on Tuesday. READ MORE: U.S. recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports WATCH: FDA, CDC experts answer questions about pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine