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A nurse in New York City was among the first people in the United States to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday morning. Shipments were arriving across the country, with the first boxes arriving in Arizona.
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Dec 17, 2020 07:04 PM EST
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) s advisory committee has endorsed the country s second COVID-19 vaccine.
Moderna Recommended by FDA
The independent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee deliberated 20-0 with one abstention to support mRNA-1273, a vaccine made in cooperation with the US government by Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Moderna.
According to Dr. Steven Pergam, a committee member and infectious disease and vaccine expert at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, there is no doubt in his mind as it appears the advantages outweigh the risks from what he had witnessed, reported USA Today.
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FDA vows to move ‘rapidly’ to authorize second coronavirus vaccine
The government is preparing to ship almost 6 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, which won an advisory committee s endorsement Thursday.
By Laurie McGinley and Carolyn Y. JohnsonThe Washington Post
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A nurse prepares a shot as a study of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. gets underway in July. On Thursday, a panel of independent experts recommended the vaccine, the next-to-last step before the agency decides whether the shots can be used on an emergency basis.
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday night that it will “rapidly work toward” emergency authorization of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, just hours after agency advisers endorsed the shot. The announcement appeared to pave the way for another weapon against a pandemic that has killed about 310,000 people in the United States.
Arizona COVID-19 updates: Makeshift morgue set up at Banner hospital in central Phoenix Arizona Republic
A nurse in New York City was among the first people in the United States to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday morning. Shipments were arriving across the country, with the first boxes arriving in Arizona.
Pima County Health Department director tests positive for COVID-19
Arizona reports 4,848 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths
Governor expected to tour Phoenix vaccine site
White Mountain Apache Tribe chairwoman among first to receive vaccine
FDA authorizes nation s first at-home, over-the-counter COVID-19 test
CVS will play key role in COVID-19 vaccine rollout