J&J Vaccine Possibly Linked to 2 More Serious Health Conditions, EU Regulator Finds

J&J Vaccine Possibly Linked to 2 More Serious Health Conditions, EU Regulator Finds
A vial of the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson in July 2020. Johnson & Johnson via AP
Ivan Pentchoukov
Updated:

The European Union’s drug regulator on Oct. 1 recommended updating the label for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine with warnings for two more serious health conditions likely linked with the vaccine.

The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) concluded that the use of the J&J vaccine is possibly linked with vein clotting and an immune condition that causes the immune system to attack blood platelets.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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