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Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine gets emergency use authorization from FDA
3:16pm PST - February 27th, 2021 good friday - CNNThe US Food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine Saturday. It is the first single dose Covid-19 vaccine available in the US, and is one that "checks nearly all the boxes."