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Coronavirus live updates: Pfizer will seek regulatory review ‘within days’ for its vaccine

The average daily number of patients dying of covid-19 in the United States has reached a level not seen since the outbreak surged during the summer.
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The resurgence of testing delays is sabotaging the nation's ability to stem runaway viral transmission and mounting loss of lives.
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As covid-19 cases surge, we need all Americans to do their part.
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Buildings will be shuttered and teachers are being told to take home what they will need for remote learning.
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State restrictions are not lockdowns.
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Dry air helps the virus spread, but we can fight it.
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Businesses can start applying for the aid in coming weeks after the council passed an emergency funding measure in July.
Pfizer's experimental coronavirus vaccine had already shown promise in an early analysis. An application for emergency authorization will be submitted “within days,” the company said.
Next summer’s Broadway tours have also been pulled, and 38 more layoffs announced.
Mink culling has spiraled into a major debacle for Denmark's government.
All we can do is notify people, as quickly as we can, that they have the virus.
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The seven-day average of new cases Wednesday across Va., Md. and D.C. notched a high for a 15th consecutive day.
With the virus spreading unchecked across much of the country, Thanksgiving gatherings could lead to Christmas funerals.
The fast-growing pool of infected people — including large numbers who don’t know they’re contagious — pose daunting challenges to officials in hard-hit communities trying to arrest the surge in cases.
At-home tests already on the market require patients to wait for days to receive results.
Two weeks after a wedding in Ohio, dozens of guests, including the newlyweds and their three grandparents, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
If covid-19 is a true sign of the end times, then Trump can't be the hero evangelical Christians think he is.
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In Venice, hopes for another rebirth after the coronavirus outbreak
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