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Johnson & Johnson is requesting that the Supreme Court throw out a $2 billion verdict against them. The verdict is in favor of several women who claim that they developed ovarian cancer due to using the company’s talc products. The case also includes several high-profile attorneys, including former independent counsel …

The president and CEO of Emergent BioSolutions, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer, sold more than $10 million worth of stocks before millions of doses of the vaccine were ruined at a Baltimore facility. According to the Post, Robert G. Kramer sold off shares of the company in late …

This morning, federal officials recommended that states avoid using Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine until an investigation into six unusual, but severe clotting problems in women who received the vaccine is conducted. The clotting problem is similar to one that has been identified following the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, …

California is running low on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as the eligibility for the shots expands. The state is expected to see a 15% decrease in vaccine supply and a 88% drop in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. As of late Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed that this …

President Joe Biden is expediting the eligibility date for the COVID-19 vaccine. The President announced on Tuesday that the vaccine would be available to all adults on April 19. “Let me be deadly earnest with you: We aren’t at the finish line. We still have a lot of work to do. …

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that citizens who receive their full COVID-19 vaccine may travel freely. The new guidance, which arrived on Friday, states that residents who have received their COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test to leave the …

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating after 15 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines were destroyed. Employees at a chemical plant in Baltimore run by Emergent Biosolutions mixed up ingredients from two vaccines that they were manufacturing. While this does not affect Johnson & Johnson vaccines created in the …

On Tuesday,  Moderna announced that the first children in its Phase 2/3 Covid-19 vaccine trial ages 6 months to 11 years had been vaccinated. The KidCOVE study will recruit approximately 6,750 children between two and six in the United States and Canada. The trial is divided into two parts. Similar …

Alaska is the first state in the United States to offer Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to anyone 16 and older. “This historic step is yet another nationwide first for Alaska, but it should come as no surprise. Since day one, your response to the pandemic has been hands-down the best in …

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in the United States, and it’s already received the CDC’s recommendation. According to People, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend the new vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to …

New York City plans to distribute Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to its senior residences once the vaccine maker receives approval for emergency use authorization. Johnson & Johnson has pledged to provide 20 million doses of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March. “The big piece we …

On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. If regulators approve, the vaccine will become the third available vaccine in the U.S. within weeks, The Wall Street Journal reports. Last week, results from an international trial revealed that a single shot of …

Medical device company Johnson & Johnson said it has a Covid-19 vaccine that is 85 percent effective against the sometimes fatal virus. We’re almost as tired of hearing about Covid-19 as we were about 45. The latest news about Rona comes from Johnson & Johnson, which just announced its coronavirus …

Johnson & Johnson is taking their shot at finding a vaccine for the raging coronavirus, and researchers for the company claim their potential vaccine prevented severe illness in a group of Syrian golden hamsters. The hamsters received a single dose of the vaccine and then were exposed to the virus …

The Trump administration is spending $456 million in the race to find a Coronavirus vaccine. According to Forbes, the Trump Administration ordered a “new vaccine asset for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)” from Johnson & Johnson’s Pharmaceuticals arm Janssen. The contract is the highest reported amount spent on a vaccine project …