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A COVID vaccine from Johnson & Johnson was endorsed as safe and effective by the FDA, the White House is going to start shipping masks to health centers and food pantries, and Biden s health secretary nominee faced a second day of Senate grilling.
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We ll start with J&J:
The hopeful vaccine news keeps coming: Johnson & Johnson s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine effective and safe, per FDA analysis
Johnson & Johnson s single-dose coronavirus vaccine is effective at preventing moderate and severe cases of COVID-19, according to an analysis of the trial data published by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.
The company s single dose vaccine is 66 percent effective, well within the agency s standards. The vaccine is also safe to use, according to the analysis.
Welcome to Wednesday's Overnight Health Care.Coronavirus cases are trending downward, but are still extremely high, especially compared to the summer. The CDC director said vaccinating teachers should not be a prerequisite for school reopening, but the White House is saying more funding is needed first. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca has some promising data on its COVID vaccine.But we'll start with some news on COVID relief:Biden commits to $1,400.