US On Verge of Launching COVID Vaccinations

The Unit­ed States could be hours away from start­ing its COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion pro­gram.  The U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion report­ed­ly could autho­rize on Fri­day or Sat­ur­day the emer­gency use of a COVID-19 vac­cine pro­duced by U.S. drug mak­er Pfiz­er and Germany’s BioN­Tech.  An FDA advi­so­ry pan­el vot­ed to rec­om­mend approval of the vac­cine late Thurs­day.  With the U.S. on the verge of its inoc­u­la­tion pro­gram, human rights group Amnesty