U.S. joins other Western nations to OK Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine

The U.S. drug regulator on Friday granted an emergency use authorization for Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for the country that has suffered the world's highest numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths to begin a mass vaccination program.The move comes just days after Britain started administering doses of the vaccine, becoming the first Western nation to do so. Canada's health regulator also approved the vaccine on Wednesday.U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech SE applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 20, supporting its bid wit…READ FULL ARTICLE