Native American tribes have reached settlements over the toll of opioids totaling $590 million with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the country’s three largest drug distribution companies, according to a court filing made Tuesday. The filing in U.S. District Court in Cleveland lays out the broad terms of the settlements with Johnson & Johnson and…
US Regulator Adds Bleeding Risk to J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheets
Food and Drug Administration officials on Tuesday added a bleeding risk to fact sheets for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. Healthcare providers administering the vaccine and recipients and caregivers are now being told that there’s a safety signal for immune thrombocytopenia, a disorder stemming from low platelet levels that can cause excessive bleeding. “Reports of adverse…
Johnson & Johnson Says Single Vaccine Dose Protects Against ‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 for 6 Months
Johnson & Johnson said its single-dose vaccine protects against breakthrough COVID-19 for up to six months. Citing a study that it sponsored, Johnson & Johnson said in a release Thursday that protection against infection from its single-dose vaccine starts to wane only from the fourth month compared to the second month in the case of two-dose vaccines…
Nevada to Join $26 Billion Opioid Settlement With J&J, Drug Distributors
Nevada has agreed to join a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving claims that three large U.S. drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson fueled a deadly opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday. Nevada was one of a handful of states that until now was not participating in…
Johnson & Johnson Booster Protects Against Hospitalization From Omicron: Studies
A booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine performed well in terms of protecting against hospitalization in people who contracted COVID-19 in South Africa, according to a study published Thursday. A second study indicated that people who initially received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and got a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) booster saw a 41-fold increase in neutralizing…
Facts Matter (Dec. 23): New Emails Reveal Evidence of Government Efforts to ‘Take Down’ Free Speech
New emails have just been revealed that expose the evidence of how Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Anthony Fauci worked together to not only suppress scientific debate, but also to suppress the free speech of American scientists. Meanwhile, Procter & Gamble has issued recalls of several of their products following the discovery that they contained…
CDC Director: People Unable or Unwilling to Get Pfizer or Moderna Vaccine Should Get Johnson & Johnson’s
Americans who are not willing or able to get the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should get Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shot, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel recently recommended the agency make clear that the Pfizer and Moderna jabs, both of which…
CDC Director: People Unable or Unwilling to Get Pfizer or Moderna Vaccines Should Get Johnson & Johnson’s
Americans who are not willing or able to get the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should get Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shot, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel recently recommended the agency make clear that the Pfizer and Moderna jabs, both of which…
CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel to Meet on Severe Condition Linked to J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine
A panel of experts who advise the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines is meeting Thursday to discuss updates to a severe condition linked to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. The panel will listen to presentations by CDC officials on thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), which U.S. drug regulators say has a “causal…
People Who Get Johnson & Johnson Vaccine at Elevated Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Study
People who receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are at elevated risk of getting a severe autoimmune disorder that can cause paralysis, according to a new study. Researchers used data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They found (pdf) 21 potential cases, 11…
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