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The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday added a warning to the fact sheet for Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, saying data suggests an increased risk of a rare neurological disorder in the six weeks after inoculation.
In a letter to the company, the FDA classified the chances of getting Guillain-Barre syndrome after vaccination was "very low".
But it said Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients should seek medical attention if they have symptoms including weakness or tingling sensations, difficulty walking or difficulty with facial movements.
About 12.8 million people have received Johnson & Jonson's one-dose vaccine in the US.
The FDA said 100 preliminary reports of the syndrome in the vaccine recipients include 95 serious cases that required hospital treatment and one reported death.
Johnson & Johnson said it was in discussion with regulators about the cases of Guillain-Barre.
It said the rate of reported cases among Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients exceeded the normal rate by only a small degree.
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare neurological condition in which the body's immune system attacks the protective coating on nerve fibres.
Most cases follow a bacterial or viral infection and most people fully recover from it.
The condition has been linked in the past to vaccinations, most notably for a swine flu outbreak in the US in 1976, and decades later to the vaccine used during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said most of the cases were in men, many of whom were 50 or older.
It did not find higher than expected cases of Guillain-Barre in recipients of the mRNA-based vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Last week, European regulators recommended a similar warning for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shot, which is based on similar technology to that of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine.
The warning is another setback for the Johnson & Johnson shot, which was supposed to be an important tool for vaccinating people in hard-to-reach areas and among those hesitant to be vaccinated.
It requires only one shot and has less stringent storage requirements than the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
But use of the vaccine has already been linked to a very rare, potentially life threatening blood-clotting condition and slowed by production problems at the main plant where it is being made.
US regulators decided in April that the vaccine's benefits outweighed the risk of blood-clotting.
The warning was first reported by The Washington Post on Monday.
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Yemen's Bahais and the charges they often face
The Baha'i faith was made known in Yemen in the 19th century, first introduced by an Iranian man named Ali Muhammad Al Shirazi, considered the Herald of the Baha'i faith in 1844.
The Baha'i faith has had a growing number of followers in recent years despite persecution in Yemen and Iran.
Today, some 2,000 Baha'is reside in Yemen, according to Insaf.
"The 24 defendants represented by the House of Justice, which has intelligence outfits from the uS and the UK working to carry out an espionage scheme in Yemen under the guise of religion.. aimed to impant and found the Bahai sect on Yemeni soil by bringing foreign Bahais from abroad and homing them in Yemen," the charge sheet said.
Baha'Ullah, the founder of the Bahai faith, was exiled by the Ottoman Empire in 1868 from Iran to what is now Israel. Now, the Bahai faith's highest governing body, known as the Universal House of Justice, is based in the Israeli city of Haifa, which the Bahais turn towards during prayer.
The Houthis cite this as collective "evidence" of Bahai "links" to Israel - which the Houthis consider their enemy.
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COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Lamsa
Founder: Badr Ward
Launched: 2014
Employees: 60
Based: Abu Dhabi
Sector: EdTech
Funding to date: $15 million
TEACHERS' PAY - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Pay varies significantly depending on the school, its rating and the curriculum. Here's a rough guide as of January 2021:
- top end schools tend to pay Dh16,000-17,000 a month - plus a monthly housing allowance of up to Dh6,000. These tend to be British curriculum schools rated 'outstanding' or 'very good', followed by American schools
- average salary across curriculums and skill levels is about Dh10,000, recruiters say
- it is becoming more common for schools to provide accommodation, sometimes in an apartment block with other teachers, rather than hand teachers a cash housing allowance
- some strong performing schools have cut back on salaries since the pandemic began, sometimes offering Dh16,000 including the housing allowance, which reflects the slump in rental costs, and sheer demand for jobs
- maths and science teachers are most in demand and some schools will pay up to Dh3,000 more than other teachers in recognition of their technical skills
- at the other end of the market, teachers in some Indian schools, where fees are lower and competition among applicants is intense, can be paid as low as Dh3,000 per month
- in Indian schools, it has also become common for teachers to share residential accommodation, living in a block with colleagues
