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Johnson & Johnson plans $55B in U.S. investments over next 4 years

March 28, 2025 Michelle Chapman

Johnson & Johnson says it will invest more than $55 billion in the United States over the next four years, including four new manufacturing plants. Several companies have highlighted investments in the U.S. in recent […]

Johnson & Johnson to split into 2 companies

November 12, 2021 Michelle Chapman and Tom Murphy, Associated Press

Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, peeling off the division selling Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business. The world’s biggest maker of health care products, founded in 1886, […]

FDA adds warning about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine

July 13, 2021 Matthew Perrone and Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction, but said it’s not entirely clear the shot […]

FDA inspection found problems at factory making J&J vaccine

May 1, 2021 Linda C. Johnson, Associated Press

The Baltimore factory hired to help make Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was dirty, didn’t follow proper manufacturing procedures and had poorly trained staff, resulting in contamination of material going into a batch of shots, […]

US officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 states

April 30, 2021 Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

NEW YORK — It was anxiety — and not a problem with the shots — that caused reactions in dozens of people at coronavirus vaccine clinics in five states, U.S. health officials have concluded. Experts […]

US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations

April 24, 2021 Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot. The government uncovered 15 […]

How does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine compare to other coronavirus vaccines?

March 25, 2021 Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in adults. Maureen Ferran, a virologist at the Rochester Institute of Technology, explains how this third authorized vaccine […]

NC to receive Johnson & Johnson vaccine beginning Wednesday

March 1, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – North Carolina’s allotment of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine is expected to arrive in the state on Wednesday. The federal government on Saturday, Feb. 27 authorized the distribution of the J&J […]

J&J’s 1-dose shot cleared, giving US 3rd COVID-19 vaccine

February 28, 2021 Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of […]

FDA says J&J 1-dose shot prevents COVID; final decision soon

February 24, 2021 Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help […]