The United States says it is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in order to vaccinate more people. Moncef Slaoui is the head the country’s vaccine program. He said Sunday that officials were discussing the possible plan with Moderna and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Moderna’s vaccine requires two doses per individual. He said that giving half of the dose to people between the ages of 18 and 55 will allow the vaccination program to “double the number of people with the doses we have.” He added that just one injection causes an “identical” immunity. Moderna and the FDA could not immediately be reached for comment. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had injected more than four million people with a first dose of vaccine by Monday morning. It said it had sent out more than 13 million doses. The U.S. has also approved a two-dose vaccination treatment from drug company Pfizer. The government’s vaccination plan has not been meeting its goals. Officials had hoped to have 20 million people vaccinated by the end of the 2020.
Title: US Considers Vaccinating More People Using Half Doses
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4776/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Considers Vaccinating More People Using Half Doses' data-article-id='5301'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16979'>The United States says it is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in order to vaccinate more people.</span> <span data-start-time='16979' data-end-time='24250'>Moncef Slaoui is the head the country’s vaccine program.</span> <span data-start-time='24250' data-end-time='38583'> He said Sunday that officials were discussing the possible plan with Moderna and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</span> <span data-start-time='38583' data-end-time='45896'>Moderna’s vaccine requires two doses per individual.</span> <span data-start-time='45896' data-end-time='63896'>He said that giving half of the dose to people between the ages of 18 and 55 will allow the vaccination program to “double the number of people with the doses we have.”</span> <span data-start-time='63896' data-end-time='71604'>He added that just one injection causes an “identical” immunity.</span> <span data-start-time='71604' data-end-time='79000'>Moderna and the FDA could not immediately be reached for comment.</span> <span data-start-time='79000' data-end-time='93583'>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had injected more than four million people with a first dose of vaccine by Monday morning.</span> <span data-start-time='93583' data-end-time='99500'>It said it had sent out more than 13 million doses.</span> <span data-start-time='99500' data-end-time='108583'>The U.S. has also approved a two-dose vaccination treatment from drug company Pfizer.</span> <span data-start-time='108583' data-end-time='114979'>The government’s vaccination plan has not been meeting its goals.</span> <span data-start-time='114979' data-end-time='123563'>Officials had hoped to have 20 million people vaccinated by the end of the 2020.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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