An Oregon health care worker was hospitalized following a severe allergic reaction to Moderna's coronavirus vaccine, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) said this week. "OHA is closely monitoring the case, which involves an employee at Wallowa Memorial Hospital who experienced anaphylaxis after receiving a first dose of the Moderna vaccine this week," Oregon Health Authority said Thursday in a news release. MODERNA STARTS TESTING CORONAVIRUS VACCINE'S EFFECTIVENESS AMONG TEENSMore than 26,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and more than 12,000 doses of Moderna's have been administered in Oregon since the week of Dec. 13, according to the OHA. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIt was the second COVID-19 vaccine to receive such approval in the U.S. Previously in December, the FDA granted emergency use approval to a vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.

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