https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/10/fda-panel-recommends-approving-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use-authorization/ > An independent panel of experts has recommended Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now voted to approve an official Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This means that it’s one step closer to beginning to be administered to people in special circumstances – including for front-line healthcare workers dealing with healthcare facilities stressed to the breaking point due to the ongoing and rising pandemic crisis in the U.S., which continues to break grim records for single death counts among afflicted patients. > Pfizer and BioNTech to submit request for emergency use approval of their COVID-19 vaccine today