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FDA Says It Will Quickly Approve Moderna’s COVID Vaccine

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“To go from having a [genetic] sequence of a virus in January, to having two vaccines available in December, is a remarkable achievement.” Still, just over a quarter of Americans are hesitant to get a vaccine, saying they probably or definitely would not get a COVID-19 vaccine even if it were free and deemed safe by scientists.

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As U.S. Decides Who Gets COVID Vaccine Next, More Infectious Strain Seen in Britain

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This latest strain of coronavirus is concerning because it has so many mutations — nearly two dozen — and some are on the spiky protein that the virus uses to attach to and infect cells, the AP reported. Doctors say this reflects India’s younger and leaner population.

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Congress Passes Pandemic Economic Relief Package

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Instead, it may have been identified there first because the British government has a strong monitoring system that has tracked tens of thousands of genomic sequences of virus samples. The United States does not have nearly the same level of virus surveillance, the newspaper said. “It may very well be here.

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Pfizer Nears Deal to Provide More COVID Vaccine to Americans

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Instead, it may have been identified there first because the British government has a strong monitoring system that has tracked tens of thousands of genomic sequences of virus samples. The United States has lagged in sequencing and does not have nearly the same level of virus surveillance, the newspaper said. The sequencing in the U.S.

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