Over 1 million have received coronavirus vaccine in US, CDC says

Over 1 million people in the United States have received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, 1,008,025 people had been vaccinated by Wednesday. Over 9.4 million doses have been distributed.

The Food and Drug Administration first issued an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 11. Pfizer began distributing the vaccine the following Monday. The FDA issued an EUA for the Moderna vaccine on Friday. That vaccine started being distributed earlier this week.

The federal Advisory Committee on...