nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 89S7|||FDA Authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The Food and Drug Administration gave Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine the green light for emergency use Saturday, a day after a panel of advisers to the agency endorsed it in a unanimous vote.

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A health care worker holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Klerksdorp Hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa, on Feb. 18.

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