CDC Panel Gives Johnson & Johnson Vaccine the Green Light
Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel recommended Friday that distribution of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine resume. The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration…
Young Black Residents Are Bearing the Brunt of Michigan’s Recent COVID-19 Surge
Certified medical assistant Vernest Lacy administers a second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Theodore Heggler, of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Michigan is in the midst of a…
Hurray! All US Adults Are Now Eligible for the COVID Vaccine
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.All adults ages 16 and up in the United States are now eligible to receive the COVID vaccine, meeting the April 19 deadline set by President Biden last month.…
Half of Adults in the US Have Now Gotten at Least One Vaccine Dose
Sam Hodgson/San Diego Union-Tribune/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Half of all adults in the United States have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, White House Senior Adviser Andy Slavitt wrote on…
Fauci Says He Expects J&J Pause to End Soon
Susan Walsh/CNP/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a series of Sunday show interviews, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he expects the pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to end when the Centers for Disease…
The FDA Had No Good Options, But Pausing the J&J Vaccine Was the Right Decision
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Today, the Food and Drug Administration recommended a “pause” in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine after six women who ranged in age from 18 to 48 reported suffering from…