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    NIH Director Predicts Vaccinations Will Start This Month

    by Noel King Dec 07, 2020 3 minutes
    Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, listens during a Senate committee hearing in September. Collins told NPR that scientists from the Food and Drug Administration have been closely analyzing data from vaccine trials to determine safety.

    Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, says millions of people in high-risk groups will likely "start rolling up their sleeves" to get a COVID-19 vaccine soon.

    An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration is meeting on Thursday to talk about the Pfizer vaccine. The same committee of scientists and health experts will meet again on Dec. 17 to talk about the Moderna vaccine. Both vaccines have been highly effective in

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