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COVID-19: Millions Of J&J Doses Thrown Away After Factory Mixup COVID-19: Millions Of J&J Doses Thrown Away After Factory Mixup
Covid-19: Millions Of J&J Doses Thrown Away After Factory Mixup Millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine had to be destroyed after there was a dosage mix-up at a production lab, prompting a delay in shipments to states. According to reports, employees at Emergent BioSolutions, a production facility in Baltimore that produces the vaccine, mixed up two ingredients, ruining approximately 15 million doses of the vaccine. Emergent is one of several companies that Johnson & Johnson enlisted to speed up manufacturing of its recently approved vaccine, the company said. The Baltimore factory where the tainted vaccine ingredient was fou…

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COVID-19: All Adults 16+ To Be Eligible For Vaccine In CT COVID-19: All Adults 16+ To Be Eligible For Vaccine In CT
Covid-19: All Adults 16+ To Be Eligible For Vaccine In CT A new age group in Connecticut will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday morning. Gov. Ned Lamont said that Connecticut remains on track to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults over the age of 16 beginning on Thursday, April 1. Additionally, more than 100 additional pharmacies across Connecticut will be added to the state’s vaccination program. Originally, the final group - those between 16 and 44, were to become eligible for the vaccine as of Monday, April 5, but due to the state’s steady rollout of its vaccination program, they accelerated the plan. To…

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COVID-19: Pfizer Will Seek Vaccine Rollout For Younger Teens After Encouraging Trial Results COVID-19: Pfizer Will Seek Vaccine Rollout For Younger Teens After Encouraging Trial Results
Covid-19: Pfizer Will Seek Vaccine Rollout For Younger Teens After Encouraging Trial Results Clinical trials of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine showed that it has a 100 percent efficacy in adolescents and is well-tolerated in minors between the ages of 12 and 15, paving the way for distribution, the companies announced. Officials said that initial trials were fruitful, and they plan to submit the data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for expanded emergency use authorization of the two-dose vaccine in adolescents. According to Pfizer, the third phase of the clinical trial included 2,260 participants between the ages of 12 and 15, which found that strong antibody respo…

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COVID-19: Vaccinations To Arrive In Connecticut Today, Monday, Dec. 14 COVID-19: Vaccinations To Arrive In Connecticut Today, Monday, Dec. 14
Covid-19: Vaccinations To Arrive In Connecticut Today, Monday, Dec. 14 Connecticut is likely to get its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine today, Monday, Dec. 14. The vaccines were shipped from Michigan to Connecticut on Sunday, Dec. 13. State health officials said they anticipate receiving the vaccine on Monday, Dec. 14. The inoculations were developed by Pfizer. The vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use.  At first, the vaccine will be reserved for people at the highest risk for infection - health care workers and nursing home residents, for example. While making the vaccine-delivery announcement, G…

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COVID-19: CVS To Hire Thousands To Distribute Vaccine COVID-19: CVS To Hire Thousands To Distribute Vaccine
Covid-19: CVS To Hire Thousands To Distribute Vaccine With the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to be approved by federal health officials this week, CVS is calling in the cavalry to speed up the administration of the cure. CVS Pharmacy is expected to hire thousands of nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians across the country to help expedite the administration of the vaccine, as the nation sees a spike in new COVID-19 cases. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet on Thursday, Dec. 10 to determine if the new vaccines produced by Pfizer and other companies are safe and effective, at which point it is expected to be distributed to…

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Mom Cites 'Incredible' Support For COVID-19 Patient, 25, Ex-College Lacrosse All-American Mom Cites 'Incredible' Support For COVID-19 Patient, 25, Ex-College Lacrosse All-American
Mom Cites 'Incredible' Support For Covid-19 Patient, 25, Ex-College Lacrosse All-American A 25-year-old tristate area novel coronavirus (COVID-19) victim whose mother's quest to get him an experimental drug went viral was airlifted to an intensive care unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, she told Daily Voice on Wednesday. March 25. Genny Allard of Ridgewood, New Jersey is hoping doctors will treat her son, former college lacrosse standout Jack Allard of Metuchen, New Jersey with remdesivir, a drug currently in worldwide clinical trials amid claims by patients that it can alleviate severe COVID-19 symptoms. Unfortunately, "Gilead Sciences has halted emergenc…

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Romaine Salad Recall Expands Amid E. Coli Outbreak Romaine Salad Recall Expands Amid E. Coli Outbreak
Romaine Salad Recall Expands Amid E. Coli Outbreak Almost exactly one year after a similar outbreak United States health officials are telling people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, as they investigate a food poisoning outbreak.  They also say not to eat the leafy green if the label doesn’t say where it was grown. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 40 people in more than a dozen states. Four people have been reported ill from this strain of E. coli in California. Romaine has been tied to repeated food poisoning outbreaks, including one right before Thanks…

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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After Asbestos Found Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After Asbestos Found
Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder After Asbestos Found Johnson & Johnson announced a voluntary recall of 33,000 bottles due to low levels of potential asbestos contamination. The recall, which is limited to lot #22318RB, were produced and shipped nationwide last year. It comes after the US Food and Drug Administration test that found levels of chrysotile asbestos contamination in samples from a bottle purchased online, according to the company. According to Johnson & Johnson, the FDA test indicated the presence of sub-trace levels of chrysotile asbestos contamination - no greater than 0.00002 percent - in samples from a single bottle pu…

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New E. Coli Outbreak From Bison Sickens Nine In New York, One In Connecticut New E. Coli Outbreak From Bison Sickens Nine In New York, One In Connecticut
New E. Coli Outbreak From Bison Sickens Nine In New York, One In Connecticut The Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Canadian Food Inspection Agency are investigating a multi-state outbreak of E. coli that has been linked to ground bison products. On Tuesday, July 16, Northfork Bison Distributons, Inc. announced that it is recalling bison produced between Feb. 22 and April 30 this year. The recalled products were sold to distributors as ground bison and bison patties, which were referred to as bison burgers or buffalo burgers. The recalled items were also sold to retailers in four-ounce burger patties. There have been a total of 21 peo…

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Salmonella Concerns Prompt Recall Of Four Varieties Of Duncan Hines Cake Mix Salmonella Concerns Prompt Recall Of Four Varieties Of Duncan Hines Cake Mix
Salmonella Concerns Prompt Recall Of Four Varieties Of Duncan Hines Cake Mix Did you buy it? Check your cabinets, because a popular cake product is being recalled for the potential presence of Salmonella. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is recalling four Duncan Hines cake products following the positive finding of Salmonella in a mix that was linked to an outbreak that is currently being investigated by federal agencies. According to the FDA, “while it has not been definitively concluded that this product is linked to the outbreak and the investigation is still ongoing, Conagra has decided to voluntarily recall the specific Duncan Hines vari…

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Nearly 200K Birth Control Pills Recalled Nearly 200K Birth Control Pills Recalled
Nearly 200K Birth Control Pills Recalled Nearly 200,000 sample packs of birth Allergan birth control pills have been recalled after placebos were placed out of order, which could lead to an unexpected pregnancy. Officials announced this week that the company is recalling almost 170,000 pills after active capsules and placebos were placed out of order, causing a potential risk to those using the sample packs. The packs are marked as Taytullla Softgel Capsules with the lot number 5620706 and have a May 2019 expiration date. The company issued its national recall after a doctor reported a sample pack containing the first four days o…

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Consumer Reports: Avoid Romaine Lettuce After E. Coli Cases In Connecticut Consumer Reports: Avoid Romaine Lettuce After E. Coli Cases In Connecticut
Consumer Reports: Avoid Romaine Lettuce After E. Coli Cases In Connecticut Food safety experts at Consumer Reports are advising people in the U.S. and Canada to stop eating romaine lettuce after an outbreak of E. coli, including at least two cases in Connecticut. In the past seven weeks, at least 58 people in the U.S. and Canada have become ill from E. coli believed to be linked to romaine lettuce.  One person in each country has died.  In the U.S., the infections have been confirmed in 13 states — California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington. At least two Connectic…

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