A Centers for Disease Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Feb. 4 unanimously recommended Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for all adults. All 13 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted after hearing presentations from CDC officials on safety and efficacy data for the vaccine, which was approved by U.S. drug regulators on Jan. 31 a little over a year after receiving emergency clearance. Dr. Beth Bell, one of the panel members, said her vote came after seeing the evidence that’s accumulated as millions of doses of the Moderna shot have been administered in the United States since its emergency authorization in December 2020. “We can see the power and the value of vaccination. We continue to see the biggest risk to individuals is not getting vaccinated,” she said, adding that she hoped the endorsement would convince people hesitant about the vaccine to get vaccinated. Many of the presentations …