Federal regulators are forcing Johnson & Johnson to scrap about 60 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine made at the problem-plagued Emergent BioSolutions plant after possible contamination, according to an individual familiar with the situation.
Here are some significant developments:
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End of carouselFederal regulators have approved and extended the shelf life of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine by six weeks, shortly before millions of doses reach their expiration dates.
With coronavirus vaccines available to adolescents and adults, regulators are now turning their attention to possibly authorizing shots for children as young as 6 months.
The United States will provide half a billion vaccines to the world starting in the summer — the largest vaccine donation in history — as part of the G-7′s effort to end the pandemic by 2022.
The United States on Thursday reported a seven-day rolling average of 15,692 new infections. Since Dec. 14, more than 305 million doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the United States.
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