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News Wrap: FDA panel backs Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

News Wrap: FDA panel backs Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

12/17/2020

PBS News Hour

News Wrap: FDA panel backs Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

Clip: 12/17/2020 | 5m 21sVideo has Closed Captions

News Wrap: FDA panel backs Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

In our news wrap Thursday, a second COVID-19 vaccine moves closer to emergency authorization, President-elect Biden rounds out his environmental team, Vladimir Putin denies ordering opposition leader's poisoning, more than 340 boys kidnapped in Nigeria are freed, the family that owns Purdue Pharma admits Oxycontin has helped fuel opioid addictions, and Google faces another major antitrust lawsuit.

12/17/2020

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