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Smithsonian obtains vial from 1st US COVID-19 vaccine dose – Press of Atlantic City

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired the vial that contained the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in…

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Our broadest mandate was to document this extraordinary period we were going through said Diane Wendt, a curator in the museum’s medicine and science department. We particularly had our eye on vaccine development from the start.
The first dose of vaccine in the U.S. was given on Dec. 14, 2020, by Northwell Health, a New York-based health provider, to Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse. The donation from Northwell includes the original Pfizer vials as well as the specialized shipping container,…

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