STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. considers giving half-doses of Moderna vaccine; Americans may not get AstraZeneca shot until April
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The U.S. government is considering giving some people half the dose of the Moderna (MRNA) Covid-19 vaccine in order to speed vaccinations, Reuters says. Officials are in talks with Moderna and the Food and Drug Administration about stretching supplies of the vaccine, which requires two shots. “We know that for the Moderna vaccine, giving half of the dose to people between the ages of 18 and 55, two doses, half the dose … means exactly achieving the objective of immunizing double the number of people with the doses we have,” said Moncef Slaoui, who heads Operation Warp Speed.
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