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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine recipient in Nevada undergoes 3 brain surgeries following jab: report
close Video Was Pausing Johnson & Johnson's Covid Vaccine a Good Idea? Paul Gigot interviews Dr. Marty Makary. A Nevada woman who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has reportedly undergone three brain surgeries to repair blood clots related to the shot. Emma Burkey, 18, reportedly fell ill about a week after she received the shot on April 1, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing a family spokesperson, reported. Burkey, according to family spokesperson Bret Johnson, suffered seizures and was later placed in an induced coma and on a respirator, though the 18-year-old has since improved — albeit slowly — and is now awake and off the respirator. She still requires a tracheostomy tube, which has impacted her ability to speak. However, her family said she is able to mouth some words and will blink to communicate. NEW HAMPSHIRE LIFTS CORONAVIRUS MASK MANDATE "She is improving slowly," Johnson told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "The word we got from her parents last night was ‘slowly, slowly slowly.’" Last week, the Food and Drug Administration together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recommended pause on the J&J COVID-19 vaccine after six cases of a rare, severe blood clot were reported amid a backdrop of over 6.8 million recipients. The cases under the CDC committee’s review involve six females between ages 18 and 48, whose serious adverse events occurred within six to 13 days of vaccination. Most of them experienced headaches, and one of the women died while another is in critical condition. A seventh case has since come to light, though this instance did not occur in the brain as the other six did. There have been no such reported cases of the rare but serious clotting issue called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) with low platelet count in nearly 200 million vaccinations between Moderna and Pfizer. FDA'S CALL ...
Track and field standout Kaelyn Shipley, Arizona beach volleyball team earn latest Daily Wildcat weekly awards
The lady Wildcats stood tall this week and proved that they are some of the best athletes in the country. One Wildcat who stood out was track and field thrower Kaelyn Shipley, who broke a University of Arizona record in her event over the weekend. The team that easily walked away with the honors this week was the Arizona beach volleyball team. The SandCats dominated all four of their opponents in two different invitations in two states. That is as tough as it gets. Daily Wildcat Player of the Week: Kaelyn Shipley Shipley is a redshirt sophomore from Kalama, Washington, but her name will be solidified in the Arizona record books. On Friday, April 17, Shipley traveled with the rest of the throwers to the West Coast Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Shipley is a javelin thrower and threw the javelin a staggering 51.02 meters at the classic. MORE FROM THE DAILY WILDCAT No. 9 Arizona beach volleyball team crushes opponents at Washington Invitational No. 9 Arizona beach volleyball team sweeps Boise State Invitational Arizona beach volleyball rallies late to finish 3-1 in Arizona Invitational Not only was that good enough to win her event, but Shipley also broke the school record held by former Wildcat Julie DeMarni. DeMarni must have been very good because that record stood for 19 years before Shipley crushed it. Daily Wildcat Team of the Week: Arizona beach volleyball No team on campus has a better win record than the No. 9 Arizona beach volleyball team. Whether this team plays home or away, day or night, the SandCats cannot be stopped. They have a regular-season record of 20-4, a win percentage of .833 and they have won nine out of their last 10 matches. Their most recent victories came on Friday, April 16, and Sunday, April 18. On Friday, they took on Utah and Boise State at the Boise State Invitational. You could have tied one arm behind the back of every SandCat and it still would not have ...
