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Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, Surgeon General Jerome Powell and testing czar Brett Giroir all pleaded with the public to battle COVID fatigue and double down on precautions over the next few weeks.
The trip from Belgium is the first step in a complex supply chain required to manufacture, transport and store the vaccine in anticipation of FDA emergency use authorization.
With available early batches of COVID-19 vaccine limited, a CDC panel of advisers will meet Tuesday to hammer out recommendations on who will get inoculated in the first wave.
Moderna released final testing data that shows its vaccine to be 94.1% effective. Of the few trial participants who contracted COVID-19, a "remarkable" zero developed a severe form of the disease.
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Oregon must develop a drug abuse recovery system; Detroit approves the sale of recreational marijuana.
The former Meghan Markle opened up about her and Prince Harry's loss this summer in a candid opinion piece for The New York Times.
But the state nurses association opposes the new rule by the Oklahoma health department. State officials said asymptomatic health care workers can only be used as a last resort during short periods of time where it is absolutely necessary.
The celebration broke rules set by city and state officials and organizers face a $15,000 fine. In other news related to the virus; some people note their hearing loss when trying to hear others speak through masks; and the news media's reaction to the pandemic is scrutinized.
At the Family Pantry in Harwich, Mass., executive director Christine Menard said dozens of people have waited before the pantry opened for free turkeys — something she had never experienced before. “This is absolutely the worst I’ve ever seen it,” she said.
As expected, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy are reportedly the top choices to head the Department of Health and Human Services. In other Biden transition news: the president-elect plans Thanksgiving address; stimulus deal debated; and more.
In doing so, the opioid maker admits it did not prevent prescription drugs from being diverted to the black market and that it provided misleading information to the government.
In what is likely only the first of many lawsuits to come, drugmakers are trying to prevent the states' importation of cheaper prescription drugs.
But suspicions persist that Russians aren't being honest about the efficacy of their Sputnik vaccine.
Reuters reports that President Donald Trump is considering a proposal to quit barring U.S. entry to travelers from 28 European nations as well as Brazil.
The CDC is expected to recommend a shorter quarantine of between seven and 10 days and include a negative COVID test.
The $1.95 billion contract does not contain government rights to intellectual property developed in the manufacture of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Other news on vaccine delivery, development and hesitancy is also reported.
Operation Warp Speed officials outlined what the first 24 hours of their vaccine distribution plan will look like, once a COVID-19 vaccine is granted FDA authorization. That milestone is expected in the second week of December. Meanwhile, CDC advisers recommend warning Americans about potential side effects they should expect.
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