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In certain cases, the FDA won't allow companies to pursue alternatives that do not require animal testing. The bill, known as the Alternatives to Animals for Regulatory Fairness Act, or AARF, would change that.
Following Thursday’s vote count update, Proposition 14 had a 325,000-vote lead and 51% of the votes. It was the narrowest margin of victory for any of this year’s 12 ballot questions, AP reports.
Democrats allege that the Trump administration is endangering lives by denying President-elect Joe Biden access to transition resources needed to put his coronavirus response plan in place.
“The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty,” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said during remarks to the Federalist Society in which he also discussed religious freedom and gay rights.
Daily infections have nearly doubled in less than three weeks. Some city and state governments are scrambling to combat the out-of-control increase, shuttering schools and reimposing other restrictions. The rapid deterioration "should frighten all of us," a health care system CEO told the AP.
Since the election results he disputes, President Donald Trump has remained silent about the alarming virus surge and taken no new actions to combat it.
Months into the pandemic, there are worries that the U.S. health care system still does not have the capacity to test and care for the latest flood of coronavirus patients.
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Many veterans homes chose to protect their residents this year. More than 4,200 veterans have died from COVID in government-run homes and nearly 85,000 have been infected.
Also in the news: Ticketmaster is working on a plan to verify concertgoers' vaccine status; a child with measles had possible exposures at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Ohio State postpones its game against Maryland because of COVID; and more.
Meanwhile in Utah, the state's largest hospital system is hiring nearly 200 traveling nurses to boost staffs at struggling intensive care units and hospital wards.
Moderna will start analyzing the first round of date from its final-stage trials and expects to release information on the vaccine's efficacy in a few weeks.
News outlets interview a few of the participants in Pfizer's testing, with some likening the side effects to a "severe hangover" and another saying he now feels "superhuman." Participants don't know if they received the vaccine or a placebo.
In particular, public disputes with Dr. Scott Atlas escalate while Dr. Anthony Fauci also comments on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon's public call that he be beheaded.
And President Donald Trump -- who continues to contest that he lost the White House -- blasted the FDA over post-election timing of the announcement about the efficacy of Pfizer's COVID vaccine.
The coverage will apply to bamlanivimab. At least one doctor hailed the news as "helpful" for nursing home residents in particular.
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