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The NIH was initially left out of receiving doses despite helping to develop Moderna vaccine.
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A cohort of the federal government’s top health officials received shots of the coronavirus vaccine on stage Tuesday alongside a half-dozen frontline health care workers.
The event was equal parts a public endorsement of the safety of the vaccines, two of which have been authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration this month, and a celebration of the National Institutes of Health’s influential role in developing the inoculation created by U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna.
“When we need a medical miracle, we know where to look,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said. It fills me with pride that the NIH and other parts of HHS played a significant role in developing this vaccine, which will save thousands and thousands of lives and help bring this dark chapter to an end.”
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he will be vaccinated publicly as soon as a vaccine becomes available to help increase confidence in the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine during a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md., . more > By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Maryland officials on Tuesday said the state is providing 2,300 doses from its initial allotment of the Moderna vaccine to health care workers at the National Institutes of Health as the federal agency kicked off its vaccination efforts against COVID-19.
The state has been allotted 191,075 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines with initial plans to vaccinate frontline health care workers, residents and staff of long-term care facilities, and first responders.