Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine has been associated with a small risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome, but unlike with its link to rare incidents of blood clots, the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are not requesting a pause in the administration of the shot.
The CDC issued a statement on 12 July noting that the CDC and FDA are monitoring reports of Guillain-Barre syndrome after receipt of J&J’s vaccine, distributed by its Janssen unit....