U.S. Identifies 28 Blood-Clot Cases After Use of J&J Shot (1)

Twenty eight people developed blood clots with low platelets after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The 28 cases were identified out of 8.7 million doses of J&J’s vaccine administered in the U.S., the CDC said in a presentation posted online Wednesday ahead of a meeting of the agency’s immunization advisory committee. The panel will review the new data on the condition, called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

U.S. health agencies paused use of J&J’s vaccine for 10 days last month while they investigated the rare and potentially fatal side ...