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Drugmakers Discuss Logistics Of Distributing Coronavirus Vaccine Worldwide

4:57pm November 20, 2020

by Jackie Northam

When a coronavirus vaccine is ready, it'll take drugmakers a massive logistical effort of hundreds of planes and ships to get billions of doses around the world.

Biden's Team Works With State Governors On Pandemic Plans, While Awaiting Transition

4:03pm November 20, 2020

by Tamara Keith

A President Biden will face the coronavirus crisis on Day One. But his transition team still hasn't gotten access to the Trump administration's plans for vaccination, so it's working with governors.

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Federal Data Show Growing Hospital Staff Shortages Across The U.S.

4:03pm November 20, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The federal government released data showing that the number of hospitals with staffing shortages is rapidly increasing. NPR digs into what these data illuminate and what data might be kept hidden.

Boxes containing vials of remdesivir at a pharmaceutical company in Giza, Egypt.

WHO Trial Finds Remdesivir Has 'No Meaningful Effect' In COVID-19 Patients

3:14pm November 20, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

The medicine is one of the few to win regulatory approval as a treatment for the disease, but has fallen out of favor with the health authority.

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is formally requesting federal approval for emergency use of the company's COVID-19 vaccine

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Pfizer Asks FDA To Approve Its COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use

11:59am November 20, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The pharmaceutical giant and partner BioNTech announced Friday that they are submitting a formal request to the Food and Drug Administration, just days after the vaccine was shown to be 95% effective.

The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine

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Forum: Race For The COVID-19 Vaccine

11:32am November 20, 2020

by Scott Hensley

Watch an expert panel discussion on the effort to develop and deploy safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 on Friday, Nov. 20, to be live-streamed here at 12 p.m. ET

Lawsuit Reveals Tyson Managers Took Bets On How Many Workers Would Get COVID-19

9:54am November 20, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Clark Kauffman of the Iowa Capital Dispatch about a lawsuit involving Tyson Foods supervisors betting money on the number of workers who would contract COVID-19.

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Texas Health Care Workers On The State's COVID-19 Spike

7:21am November 20, 2020

Amid a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases, we hear from the state of Texas. NPR's Noel King talks to Lizette Torres, a registered nurse in El Paso, Texas.

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Despite Having GOP Governors, Vermont And South Dakota See Different COVID-19 Results

7:18am November 20, 2020

by Seth Tupper

South Dakota and Vermont are both small, rural states with Republican governors. They've taken very different approaches to coronavirus. One state has suffered far more illness and death.

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A health worker wearing protective gear collects a swab sample from a woman during a medical screening for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a garment wholesale market in Mumbai, India, on Friday.

India Confirms 9 Million Coronavirus Infections

6:36am November 20, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

Only one other country — the United States — has surpassed the milestone of 9 million total cases, since the pandemic began.