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'Increased risk' of rare neurological disorder after J&J Covid vaccine

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The US Food and Drug Administration updated its warning labels for the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine to include information about an observed "increased risk" of a rare neurological disorder.

The news is a further blow for the shot, which was granted an emergency use authorisation in February, but has played a minor role in the US's vaccination campaign.

Based on analysis of a federal vaccine safety monitoring system, officials have identified 100 preliminary reports of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) after approximately 12.5 million doses administered, people familiar with the matter said.

Of these reports, 95 of them were serious and required hospitalisation. There was one reported death. GBS is a neurological disorder in which the body's

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