Biodefense Headlines – 13 December 2020 | Global Biodefense
FDA Grants Historic Authorization to Covid-19 Vaccine, Setting Stage for Rollout A seminal moment in the effort to curb the pandemic, that has so far infected an estimated 16 million people and killed nearly 300,000 in the United States, the FDA granted the first EUA for a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. The rollout is expected to be complex, and there remain concerns about vaccine makers’ ability to scale up manufacturing to meet demand. Still, distribution of a vaccine less than a year after the emergence of an unknown pathogen is widely considered a feat once thought impossible. STAT and Was...
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