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US Gives Favorable Review to Second COVID-19 Vaccine

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   As U.S. hospitals ramped up COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday with the
   first vaccine approved for emergency use, federal regulators issued a
   favorable review of a second vaccine needed to combat the country's
   worsening crisis.

   The Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis of a
   vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health
   confirmed its safety and effectiveness.

   The FDA's review moves the Moderna vaccine closer to regulatory
   authorization and comes as U.S. hospitals increased vaccinations with
   the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, which the FDA cleared for
   emergency use last week.

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