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Stat authors insist the country can't wait for the rollout of vaccinations and call for policy that produces and provides effective masks for every American. Opinion pages express views on other pandemic topics and one questions the mental fitness of President Donald Trump.
News reports are on plans in other nations to consider England's approach, Japan declaring a state of emergency in Tokyo, Australia moving up its vaccine program, the European Union's greenlighting of Moderna's vaccine and more.
The state has the worst diagnosis rate with 1 in every 119 residents testing positive in the past week. News is also from North Carolina, Illinois, California and New York.
The pastor of the church in Woburn, Massachusetts, said he told health authorities within a day of hearing about cases. News is also on a "tidal wave" of homelessness, declining birthrates and more.
Limitations on safe and affordable child care during the pandemic, a study says, is the likely cause. News is on the death of a pioneering Black public health nurse and more.
Walgreens says the $6.5 billion deal allows it to focus on its retail stores, which like other drugstore chains, has suffered since the start of the pandemic.
News about the distribution is also reported from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Virginia.
Despite the delays, CVS says it's on track to finish giving the first of three rounds of covid shots in nursing homes across the nation by Jan. 25. And the Department of Health and Human Services says it will give $22 billion to states by Jan. 19 for covid containment and vaccination rollouts.
Cases of anaphylaxis occurred with both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. While the rate of allergic reactions is higher than for the flu shot, the CDC says its rare and encourages Americans to get inoculated.
A clinical trial finds that convalescent plasma can keep patients from becoming severely sick from covid if given within a few days of the onset of illness.
The CDC confirms more than 50 U.S. cases of the more-contagious strain of the coronavirus, first identified in the United Kingdom, and warns that more will be infected by it over the next weeks. And The New York Times reports that the U.S. lacks a large-scale, nationwide system for identifying future mutations.
Moncef Slaoui will act as a consultant for four to six weeks, the transition team said Wednesday.
Many civil rights activists say law enforcement showed more restraint and used significantly less force against white protesters at the U.S. Capitol than they have against Black protesters at past events that were far less violent or disruptive.
Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., says lawmakers were held in an area with 300-400 people, some who refused to wear masks. On Wednesday, two more Republicans in the House of Representatives announced that they had tested positive for covid, including one who had voted in person hours earlier.
Securing the two Georgia Senate runoffs sets up narrow Democratic control of both chambers of Congress. News outlets examine the implications for the Biden administration's planned health care policies.
As a mob of Trump supporters breached the Capitol complex, most of the nation watched in horror at the violent and chaotic efforts to overturn an election. Four people died and officers were injured. News outlets report on the mental toll of those events and the contested post-election weeks.
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