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HHS made public the federal government's $1.5-billion deal with Moderna to secure access to its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. But information on 39 pages of the 53-page document is obscured by redactions, NPR reports. Other developments on the vaccine race were also in the weekend's news.
Under the criteria, patients who are getting worse despite receiving intensive care would be moved out first. In the event that two patients' conditions are equal, the young get priority over the old, since older patients are more likely to die.
And "Ho, ho, ho" turns to "no, no, no" as the Trump administration backs off a plan that would have put Santa Claus performers near the front of the vaccine line.
On the campaign trial, former Vice President Joe Biden outlines his plan for containing the COVID-19 surge while President Donald Trump says the nation is already "rounding the turn."
The vice president's chief of staff Marc Short and at least four other staffers are reported to have the coronavirus. Mike Pence has so far tested negative and will continue to travel to campaign.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows signals that the Trump administration may be doing so when he said during an interview: “We’re not going to control the pandemic." Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said the statement is a flag of surrender.
The numbers are grim. The highest seven-day average of new cases was just set: 68,767. The single-day case record also broken: 83,757. Deaths, according to one tally: 225,000. And currently hospitalized: over 42,000.
From surging COVID cases to racial protests to economic troubles, “Wisconsin,” Chris Walton, chair of the Milwaukee County Democrats, said, “is one-stop shopping this year. We’ve got it all.”
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Daily new cases and deaths are still rising in the state. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said, "We are thankful to have this facility available to Wisconsinites and our hospitals, but also saddened that this is where Wisconsin is at today." News is from New Jersey, Massachusetts, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Michigan, Illinois, Utah and Alaska, as well.
After a resurgence of COVID In Europe, doctors are giving more pneumonia shots to people to help prevent lung complications. News is on Big Pharma's expanding use of the cloud, more young patients in breast cancer trials, and more.
Additionally, the research, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found the group to be at almost five times the risk for hospitalization for the virus. Researchers are also finding that we don't need to be wiping down our groceries and that blood plasma treatment for those with COVID may have no benefit.
The Southwest policy goes into effect after Thanksgiving -- and will offer passengers a chance to rebook. Target seems to be pulling out all the stops during the holiday shopping season, including letting customers make reservations. News is on the difficulties faced by amputee veterans, the challenges of trick-or-treating, and more, as well.
Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center becomes the 133rd rural hospital to cease operations in the U.S., and the eighth in Georgia, since 2010. Extra expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic are also challenging Georgia's University Hospital. News is from Texas, Michigan and elsewhere.
There's no requirement for hospitals to let uninsured patients with COVID-19 know that their bills are covered through a program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services set up by the CARES Act.
In the U.S., Mississippi petitions the Supreme Court to review a case seen as a challenge to Roe v. Wade.
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