In this photo illustration a medical syringe and a vial depicting fake coronavirus vaccine seen in front of the Moderna US biotechnology company logo. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Initial shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S.
left a distribution center Sunday, a desperately needed boost as the nation works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.The trucks left the factory in the Memphis area with the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc.