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Vacuna de Johnson & Johnson ‘aumenta riesgo’ de rara enfermedad del sistema nervioso

FDA identificó 100 casos de un raro trastorno neurológico tras la inyección de 12,5 millones de dosis

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 Home base primary care Pharmacist Erin Emonds logs onto a computer before filling syringes the Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine at the US Department of Veterans Affairs' VA Boston Healthcare System's Jamaica Plain Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. - The United States should resume Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccinations, an expert panel recommended to health authorities on April 23, after a pause prompted by blood clot concerns.
"The Janssen Covid-19 vaccine is recommended for persons 18 years of age and older in the US population under the FDA, emergency use authorization," the group covened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 Home base primary care Pharmacist Erin Emonds logs onto a computer before filling syringes the Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine at the US Department of Veterans Affairs' VA Boston Healthcare System's Jamaica Plain Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. - The United States should resume Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccinations, an expert panel recommended to health authorities on April 23, after a pause prompted by blood clot concerns. "The Janssen Covid-19 vaccine is recommended for persons 18 years of age and older in the US population under the FDA, emergency use authorization," the group covened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) JOSEPH PREZIOSO
Vacuna La farmacéutica Erin Emonds prepara una vacuna de Johnson & Johnson, en Boston, Massachusetts, el 4 de marzo del 2021. Foto: AFP (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP)

Washington. La agencia que regula los medicamentos en Estados Unidos (FDA) actualizó este lunes sus advertencias sobre la vacuna contra la covid-19 de Johnson & Johnson para incluir información sobre un “aumento del riesgo” de contraer el síndrome de Guillain-Barré (GBS).

Con base en un sistema de monitoreo federal sobre la seguridad de las vacunas, la FDA identificó 100 casos del poco frecuente trastorno neurológico tras la inyección de 12,5 millones de dosis, indicaron fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto.

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