Press: Johns Hopkins’ Dr. Anita Gupta, What’s an Emergency Use Authorization? Expert Discusses in Video

In news about the new COVID-19 vaccines, the term “emergency use authorization” gets frequently used. But what is an EUA? Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Anita Gupta explains in a 2-minute video. Credit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, with background image of SARS-CoV-2 viruses (cause of COVID-19) from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and photo of Anita Gupta courtesy of her.

On Dec. 10, 2020, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee granted emergency use authorization (EUA) status for a recently developed and clinical trial-tested COVID-19 vaccine to make it available to the public.

Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-story-tip-whats-an-emergency-use-authorization-johns-hopkins-medicine-expert-explains-in-video

December 15, 2020, Johns Hopkins