Don’t Travel For Thanksgiving, CDC Warns
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising that Americans be careful amid an explosion in the spread of the coronavirus.
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12 Million To Lose Jobless Benefits The Day After Christmas Unless Congress Acts
If Congress doesn’t compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens.
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Listen — 3:39Thanksgiving Day Dilemma: Should You Travel Or Stay Home?
The record numbers of new cases of Covid-19 being reported in many cities and states has many people reconsidering plans to travel for the holiday.
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FDA Approves First At-Home Coronavirus Test
The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit is expected to provide results in 30 minutes or less. Its approval could help alleviate the strain on the nation’s precarious coronavirus testing system.
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Pfizer To Seek FDA OK For COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Days’
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was found 95% effective in an updated study analysis. Safety data required by the Food and Drug Administration showed no serious concerns, the company said.
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Listen — 3:53‘More People May Die’: Biden Chides Trump For Blocking Presidential Transition
President-elect Joe Biden focused his plan for rescuing the pandemic-battered U.S. economy on getting the coronavirus under control.
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We Can Get Back To Normal, Chief Science Adviser Responds To Vaccine News
The American biotech company has announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5% effective. Operation Warp Speed science adviser Dr. Moncef Slaoui, says he was ecstatic when he heard the news.
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Listen — 6:29Transcript: NPR’s Full Interview With Former President Barack Obama
He talked with NPR’s Michel Martin about his new book; the 2020 election and Donald Trump’s refusal to concede; racial hostility in America; and other topics.
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Obama Calls Trump’s Refusal To Concede Another ‘Breach Of Basic Democratic Norms’
In an interview with NPR, the former president offers some of his most wide-ranging remarks on the outcome of the election and says Trump will fail in “denying reality.“
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Listen — 8:42Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shines In Clinical Trial
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.
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