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 Stock-market benchmarks trade lower on Monday, but equities remain on track for a historic month as investors cheer progress toward vaccines while looking past a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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First 'mass air shipment' of Pfizer's Covid vaccine arrives as airlines prepare for more CNBCModerna to apply today for FDA authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine CNNCovid-19 Live News and Updates The New York TimesHow AstraZeneca Can Recover From Its Vaccine Stumble BloombergHow The U.S. Plans To Distribute Covid-19 Vaccines CNBC
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The U.S. saw another slight dip in new cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19, but hospitalizations rose to another record and the death tolls are rising in most states, but Moderna Inc. provided a glimmer of hope by saying it was requesting emergency approval of its vaccine candidate on Monday.
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Promising results from a trio of Covid-19 vaccine trials has sparked optimism a global recovery could be in sight, but Middle East governments have placed few pre-orders
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The company released successful clinical trial results that will support an upcoming request for Emergency Use Authorization of mRNA-1273.
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The language of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working and social movements best describe 2020, dictionary searches show
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 The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rose to 62.80 million as of early Monday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose to 1.46 million. The U.S. has the highest case tally in the world at 13.39 million and the highest death toll at 266,887, or more than a fifth of the global total. The U.S. counted 136,313 new cases on Sunday, and at least 818 people died, according to a New York Times tracker. In the last week, the U.S. has averaged 162,007 cases a day, up 8% from the average two weeks ago. There were currently a record 93,219 COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals on Sunday, according to the COVID Tracking Project, topping Saturday's record of 91,635. Brazil has the second highest death toll at 171,460 and is third by cases at 6.2 million. India is second worldwide in cases with 9.43 million, and third in deaths at 137,139. Mexico has the fourth highest death toll at 105,655 and 11th highest case tally at 1.11 million. The U.K has 58,342 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world, and 1.62 million cases, or seventh highest in the world.
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 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci will renew acquaintances on Facebook Live Monday (Nov. 30) at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. The livestream will be presented on Zuckerberg's Facebook page and cross-posted to the social network's Coronavirus (Covid-19) Information Center. Questions can be submitted as comments...
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More shoppers are expected to buy online this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But consumers should also beware of certain risks while shopping on the web.
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Congress under pressure to pass COVID-19 stimulus, has brief window - Business Insider Business InsiderCriticized by moderates and pressured by their base, liberals fight for a voice in the Democratic Party The Washington Post‘They'll freeze them out': Democrats fear Senate Republicans will block Biden's judges POLITICOBiden's political position is tougher than Trump's | TheHill The Hill
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Brussels draft plan seeks to rebuild ties with common fronts on tech, Covid-19 and democratic interests
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