The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new warning on Monday about an increased risk of an autoimmune disorder, Guillain-Barre, linked to the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine.
A European Union regulator has suggested that Johnson & Johnson vaccine should list blood clots as a "rare" side effect of the vaccine, including a warning about unusual blood clots with low platelets.
About 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were ruined after workers at a manufacturing plant accidentally conflated the vaccines' ingredients. This causes a delay in the authorization of the production lines.
An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously on Friday to recommend that the agency approve the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine in adults.
Johnson & Johnson filed an application for emergency use authorization on Thursday for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, which brings it one step closer to helping the U.S. fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Johnson & Johnson's experimental one-shot COVD-19 vaccine showed promise in an early safety study as the company gets closer to coming to U.S. regulators for clearance.
COVID-19 vaccine makers AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have announced that they will resume their paused coronavirus vaccine trials in the United States.