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Dec 2020
8m 34s

FDA Authorizes First Covid-19 Vaccine

CNN
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The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech that will start reaching the most at-risk Americans today. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks through the final hurdles the vaccine had to clear over the weekend.

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