FDA Officially Approves Pfizer COVID Vaccine For Use | Greater Boston

Pfizer's COVID vaccine is now officially approved for use. Up until now, it had Emergency Use Authorization only. THE FDA’s decision to fully sign off came this morning after reviewing hundreds of thousands of pages of data from tens of thousands of trial participants around the world. Adam Reilly, in for Jim Braude, was joined by Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of Boston University's School of Public Health, on how the FDA’s COVID vaccine approval might change the game and whether local college campuses are ready for the influx of students as the Delta variant continues to spread.

This segment aired on August 23, 2021.