States resume administering J&J vaccine after pause

Multiple states said they will resume administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after federal health authorities agreed on Friday that the benefits outweigh the risks.

Virginia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada and New York all announced that they will be immediately restarting administration of the J&J vaccine as doses sit on the shelves after the 10-day pause.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that the J&J vaccine could be administered again after accepting the recommendation from a CDC panel. The agencies had put a pause on the vaccine April 13.

Federal regulators said Friday they were aware of 15 cases of rare blood clots happening in younger women, including three women who died and seven still in the hospital. However, those cases are out of nearly 8 million shots administered, and the agencies said the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks.

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