Journalists Give Rundown on Vaccine Mandates and FDA's Official Approval of the Pfizer Shot

KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed covid vaccine mandates and the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Newsy’s “Morning Rush” on Tuesday.

Click here to watch Pradhan on “Morning Rush”

KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony talked about covid vaccines on Illinois Public Media’s “The 21st Show” on Monday.

Click here to hear Anthony on “The 21st Show”

KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine on WAMU’s “1A” on Friday.

Click here to hear Rovner on “1A”

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<h1>Journalists Give Rundown on Vaccine Mandates and FDA’s Official Approval of the Pfizer Shot</h1>
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			August 28, 2021		</time>
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<p>KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed covid vaccine mandates and the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Newsy’s “Morning Rush” on Tuesday. </p><ul><li><a href="http://bit.ly/3mrlWWz">Click here to watch Pradhan on “Morning Rush”  </a></li></ul><p>KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony talked about covid vaccines on Illinois Public Media’s “The 21st Show” on Monday. </p><ul><li><a href="https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/covid-19-roundtable">Click here to hear Anthony on “The 21st Show”</a></li></ul><p>KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine on WAMU’s “1A” on Friday.</p><ul><li><a href="https://the1a.org/segments/kabul-explosion-pfizer/">Click here to hear Rovner on “1A”</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-give-rundown-on-vaccine-mandates-and-fdas-official-approval-of-the-pfizer-shot/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-give-rundown-on-vaccine-mandates-and-fdas-official-approval-of-the-pfizer-shot/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-give-rundown-on-vaccine-mandates-and-fdas-official-approval-of-the-pfizer-shot/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Give%20Rundown%20on%20Vaccine%20Mandates%20and%20FDA%27s%20Official%20Approval%20of%20the%20Pfizer%20Shot&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTM2NzIwMQ&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-give-rundown-on-vaccine-mandates-and-fdas-official-approval-of-the-pfizer-shot/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-give-rundown-on-vaccine-mandates-and-fdas-official-approval-of-the-pfizer-shot/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-give-rundown-on-vaccine-mandates-and-fdas-official-approval-of-the-pfizer-shot/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1367201&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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