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President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday picked Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be his interior secretary. If confirmed, Haaland will be the first Native American to run the department, which oversees U.S. natural resources, parks, and tribal lands. Haaland is expected to shift the Interior Department from supporting fossil fuel development to promoting renewable energy. I come from New Mexico. It s a big gas and oil state. And I care about every single job, the first-term member of Congress told
The Washington Post recently. But, she added, change is needed because that economy wasn t working for a lot of people. In another first for an increasingly diverse Cabinet, Biden also reportedly plans to nominate Michael Regan, North Carolina s top environmental regulator. He would be the first African American to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. [
FDA authorizes Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
By Matthew Perrone and Lauran Neergaard
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FDA advisory committee votes to recommend emergency use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
A key advisory committee to the FDA on Thursday voted to recommend the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, one of the final hurdles before FDA authorization.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on Friday, the second vaccine to be approved by U.S. regulators to prevent severe COVID-19 illness.
FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, called the approval another crucial step in the fight against this global pandemic.
Dec 18, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation for the vaccine from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. The FDA advisers, in a 20-0 vote, agreed the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for those 18 years old and up.
The FDA’s green light for emergency use is expected quickly. Moderna would then begin shipping millions of doses, earmarked for health workers and nursing home residents, to boost the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history.
Government advisory panel unanimously endorses Modernaâs vaccine
Dec 18, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) The head of the Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that his agency will move to quickly authorize the second COVID-19 vaccine to fight the pandemic, hours after the shot won the key endorsement of a government advisory panel.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement that regulators have communicated their plans to drugmaker Moderna, which co-developed the vaccine with the National Institutes of Health. The announcement came after a panel of FDA advisers, in a 20-0 vote, ruled that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for those 18 years old and up.