//FDA authorizes a second vaccine as average daily cases and deaths hit records

FDA authorizes a second vaccine as average daily cases and deaths hit records

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday night authorized a second coronavirus vaccine for emergency use as COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases and deaths are piling up in unprecedented ways.The FDA had signaled it would issue the authorization quickly for Moderna’s vaccine candidate, after the agency’s vaccine advisers voted Thursday to recommend approval. “The emergency use authorization allows the vaccine to be distributed in the U.S.