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FDA finds Moderna coronavirus vaccine is effective and safe

By Mike Brest
Published December 15, 2020 2:25pm ET
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FDA finds Moderna coronavirus vaccine is effective and safe
Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019. | (Vernon Bryant/AP)

The Food and Drug Administration released data showing that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.

The FDA’s review, which was published on Tuesday, confirmed Moderna’s previous assessment that its vaccine had an efficacy rate of 94.1% in a trial of 30,000 people. It noted that potential side effects of the vaccine include fever, headache, and fatigue but added that those unintended effects were not dangerous.

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