CDC advisory panel unanimously recommends use of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Saturday to recommend use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. When CDC Director Robert Redfield signs off on the recommendation — as he is expected to do before the weekend is out — Operation Warp Speed will be able to begin shipping doses of a second vaccine to administration sites across the country.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met in an emergency session to review data on the vaccine, which received an emergency use authorization Friday evening from the Food and Drug Administration. The ACIP, as the group is known, voted 11 to 0 to support use of the vaccine in people 18 years old and up. Three members of the committee recused themselves because of conflicts of interest.
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