Moderna's COVID Vaccine Could Be Better Than Pfizer's -- Here's Why Its Stock Isn't

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The numbers are in. And they look really good for Moderna, Inc.. On Sept. 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released interim data that compared the effectiveness of the three ...

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