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J&J vaccine could be linked to


another clotting condition: EU
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Union's drug
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veins.

During a Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee meeting, the


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agency said it found a possible link between venous thromboembolism
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wrote in its meeting highlights.

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The agency also recommends that immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) be
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listed as a side effect of the J&J vaccine and AstraZeneca's vaccine.

Cracking the code of ITP is a bleeding disorder in which "the immune system mistakenly targets
crypto blood cells called platelets that are needed for normal blood clotting," the
agency wrote.
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While J&J said the conditions are rare, it will update the product
Biden to host information and continue to work closely with EMA and other government
agencies, according to Reuters.
lawmakers at White
House next week amid "We strongly support raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of rare
impasse on his agenda events to ensure they can be quickly identified and effectively treated,"
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The vaccines from both AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have


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