was approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Saturday.The one-dose vaccine will start rolling out soon in the U.S.
to combat severe illness caused by the COVID-19 virus."This is exciting news for all Americans, and an encouraging development in our efforts to bring an end to the crisis," President Joe Biden said in a statement.
The approval comes just one day after an FDA panel of U.S. health advisers endorsed the vaccine, and as new supplies are urgently needed to stay ahead of a mutating virus that has killed more than 500,000 Americans.RELATED: Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine endorsed by FDA expert panel After daylong discussions, the FDA panelists voted unanimously on Friday that the benefits.