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Ohio governor: State’s first vaccine batch coming by Dec. 15

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

This Thursday, April 23, 2020, file screen grab taken from video issued by Britain's Oxford University shows a person being injected as part of the first human trials in the U.K. to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, untaken by Oxford University in England. AstraZeneca says late-stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine were “highly effective’’ in preventing disease. A vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford prevented 70% of people from developing the coronavirus in late-stage trials, the team reported Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. (Oxford University Pool via AP, File)

AstraZeneca reports promising results from coronavirus vaccine trial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, June 24, 2020, file photo, a volunteer receives an injection at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, as part of Africa's first participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial developed at the University of Oxford in Britain in conjunction with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. On Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, AstraZeneca Inc. announced that the Food and Drug Administration is letting it resume testing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the U.S. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Pool via AP)

AstraZeneca: COVID-19 vaccine ‘highly effective’ prevention

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

This photo shows from Aztec Media LLC shows online educational company Test Prep Insight CEO John Ross posing in Auburn, Calif., in February, 2020. Promising news about a coronavirus vaccine has small business owners feeling more upbeat despite the virus's continuing spread. Ross intends to hold off on any major changes. (Megan Hesson/Aztec Media LLC via AP)

Business owners upbeat about vaccine, wary as virus spreads

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020, file photo, police officers remind a woman in the doorway of a Newark, N.J., restaurant of the new curfew and dining regulations in an area where coronavirus cases have recently spiked. During a Nov. 19 radio interview, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said that he'll ask residents of New Jersey's largest city to stay home for 10 days starting next week, right before Thanksgiving, in response to a rising number of COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Newark citizens asked to stay home starting Thanksgiving eve

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Pfizer seeking U.S. emergency use of COVID-19 shot, starting process that could bring some doses as

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In this Nov. 18, 2020, photo, a lone pedestrian walks past a public service sign reminding Chicago residents of the return to a stricter COVID-19 protocol along the city's usually busy Magnificent Mile in Chicago. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency advised Americans on Thursday, Nov. 19, not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

By MIKE STOBBE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 23, 2020, Domenico Arcuri, Italy's special commissioner for the virus emergency talks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Rome. A significant number of Italians wishing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should have received the vaccine by September, Italy’s special commissioner for the virus emergency said Thursday, billing it as the country’s biggest vaccine campaign in memory. Italy is set to receive 3.4 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine through the EU purchase program in the second half of January, which will be enough to provide the requisite two doses to 1.6 million Italians, out of a population of nearly 60 million. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Official: Italy to start COVID vaccinations in January

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In this photo provided by Malaysia's Department of Information, monitors show Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering speech via virtual meeting during the APEC CEO Dialogues 2020, ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (Nazri Rapaai/Malaysia Department of Information via AP)

The Latest: Hawaii imposes new COVID-19 travel restrictions

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This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Pfizer announced Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, more results in its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study that suggest the shots are 95% effective a month after the first dose. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

Pfizer seeks approval for 95% effective COVID-19 vaccine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday

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Daines calls COVID vaccine safe after participating in trial

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President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Joe Biden: We’ll soon be ‘weeks or months’ behind on COVID response without cooperation from Trump

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Pfizer announced Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, more results in its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study that suggest the shots are 95% effective a month after the first dose. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon

By Linda A. Johnson - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this July 27, 2020, file photo, nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. Moderna said Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, its COVID-19 shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus that's surging in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Moderna: Coronavirus vaccine nearly 95% effective in early look

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Expanding the pool of skilled labor is key to Joe Biden resurrecting the economy

By Peter Morici

A view of a a busy street on the first weekend after Wales' 17-day fire-break lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Cardiff, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

UK to run final stage trials of Janssen Covid vaccine

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This handout photo taken in October 2020 and provided by Pfizer shows part of a &quot;freezer farm,&quot; a football field-sized facility for storing finished COVID-19 vaccines, in Puurs, Belgium. Pfizer's experimental vaccine requires ultra-cold storage and are being stored in special freezers until approval and distribution. Pfizer Inc. said Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, that its COVID-19 vaccine may be a remarkable 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test results that nevertheless brought a big burst of optimism to a world desperate for the means to finally bring the catastrophic outbreak under control. (Pfizer via AP)

BioNTech scientist: Vaccine could halve virus transmission

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A mannequin wears a face mask in front of outdoor seating at the Wipeout Bar and Grill at Pier 39 during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Coronavirus spread in U.S. alarms officials as Americans grow weary of limits

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times