Food and Drug Administration

Johnson & Johnson has asked US regulators to clear the world’s first single-dose coronavirus vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies (Mary Altaffer/AP)

J&J applies for emergency approval for one-shot vaccine

February 5, 2021

Vice President Mike Pence received a Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine shot live on TV (Andrew Harnik)

US Vice-President Mike Pence receives coronavirus vaccination live on TV

December 18, 2020

Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Centre, is inoculated with the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by Dr Michelle Chester (Mark Lennihan/Pool/AP)

US ramps up coronavirus vaccination programme as second jab nears approval

December 15, 2020

Documents created by Pfizer for the meeting with the Food and Drug Administration advisory pane (Jon Elswick/AP)

US panel recommends approval of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine

December 10, 2020

US experts are discussing the Pfizer vaccine (Dan Kitwood/PA)

US experts convene to decide whether to approve Pfizer vaccine

December 10, 2020

Digital pill that can track whether patients have taken their medicine has been approved in the US

November 14, 2017