Missouri and Illinois decide to resume giving Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Missouri and Illinois health officials waited to see how their states would tread forward Friday on the question of restarting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Many health departments and providers were seeking the same answers. On Friday night, Missouri decided its COVID-19 vaccinators could immediately resume administering the one-dose immunization. Illinois had given providers the go-ahead a couple of hours earlier. State officials determined that the vaccine's benefits were an acceptable risk…