October 23, 2020

US Regulators Seek Advice On Thorny Issues As Vaccines Near-The Associated Press

The Food and Drug Administration may have to decide by year’s end whether to allow use of the first vaccines against the coronavirus. Facing growing public fears that politics may override science, the FDA took the unusual step of assembling more than a dozen independent scientists to review if its standards are high enough to judge the shots. The panelists generally supported guidelines for the vaccines that the FDA recently issued, over White House objections. The Associated Press, 10/22/2020