FDA Clears The Way For Another COVID-19 Vaccine To Go Into Circulation

NPR | By Joe Palca

Published March 1, 2021 at 7:23 AM EST

The Food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for emergency use Saturday, a day after a panel of advisers to the agency voted unanimously in its favor.

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