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In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, listens during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP, File)

Fauci apologizes for suggesting UK rushed vaccine decision

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 file photo Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ speaks as Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey listens during a news conference, in Phoenix. Arizona expects to get enough doses of a new coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year to inoculate more than 383,000 health care workers and long-term care facility residents, Dr. Christ said Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)

Arizona expects vaccine doses by mid-December if authorized

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Oregon may get more initial virus vaccine than expected

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Gov. Laura Kelly discusses the early stages of a distribution plan of 150,000 COVID-19 vaccines by the end of December during her press conference with Kansas health and environment secretary Lee Norman, right, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Kansas counties reject new guidance on COVID-19 quarantines

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, left, walks with Kansas secretary of health and environment Lee Norman to a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

As Kansas awaits vaccine, it reports jump in COVID-19 deaths

By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

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. The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they have submitted an application for conditional approval of their coronavirus vaccine with the European Medicines Agency. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

BioNTech, Pfizer ask Europe to OK vaccine for emergency use

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

This Wednesday, July 22, 2020, photo provided by C2N Diagnostics shows equipment in a lab that analyzes blood samples at the company's facility in the Center for Emerging Technologies in St. Louis. C2N Diagnostics has started selling the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, a leap for the field that could make it much easier for people to learn whether they have dementia. It also raises concern about the accuracy and impact of such life-altering news. (Jerry Naunheim Jr./C2N Diagnostics via AP)

First blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s goes on sale

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

An illicit website selling unapproved treatments and preventions for the coronavirus is displayed at the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How to watch out for scams as a coronavirus vaccine nears

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 Inc. says it will ask U.S. and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots

By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

Dr. Alan Jones, assistant vice chancellor for clinical affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, speaks of lack of space in the medical school's intensive care suites amid the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Hospitals using antibody therapy to help fight virus

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In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 file photo, manager Yllka Murati waits for a delivery driver to pick up takeout orders behind a partition displaying a sign to remind customers to wear a mask, at the Penrose Diner, in south Philadelphia. Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several months — probably well into 2021 — before things get back to something close to normal in the U.S. and Americans can once again go to the movies, cheer at an NBA game or give Grandma a hug. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) **FILE**

Keep the mask: A vaccine won’t end the US crisis right away

By CANDICE CHOI - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage safety study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Moderna Inc., said Monday, Nov. 16, its COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major trial. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Georgia residents, doctor, lawmaker helped in vaccine effort

By MARY LANDERS and Savannah Morning News - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage safety study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Moderna Inc., said Monday, Nov. 16, its COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major trial. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Volunteers still needed to test variety of COVID-19 vaccines

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

News outlet: Ky. troopers caught illegally buying steroids

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Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs answers a reporter's question at Gov. Tate Reeves' coronavirus news briefing in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. State officials provided reporters an update on the coronavirus and the state's ongoing strategy to limit transmission in public schools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi health officials hopeful about COVID-19 vaccine

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

N.C. health system aims to be early vaccine distributor

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Idaho governor pledges to explain COVID-19 vaccine safety

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

Pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York on Monday Nov. 9, 2020. Pfizer says an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, but it doesn't mean a vaccine is imminent. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Testing timeline: What’s ahead for COVID-19 vaccines

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

Colorado sees new virus orders amid hospitalization increase

By PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press