Congress Warned About DNA Fragments in Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Experts testified during a hearing in Washington.

Syringes and vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be administered at a drive-up vaccination site in Reno, Nev., on Dec. 17, 2020. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Members of Congress on Nov. 13 were warned during a hearing about the DNA fragments that have been detected in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Robert Malone, who helped invent the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that the companies used for the shot, was among the witnesses testifying to a hearing in Washington convened by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).