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U.K. warns against giving Pfizer vaccine to people prone to severe allergic reactions https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-pfizer-shot-uk-warning-people-with-history-of-significant-allergic-reactions/

Trading COVID-19 vaccines. Regular deliveries. Tracking doses. What we know about Operation Warp Speed distribution process. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/08/operation-warp-speed-covid-19-vaccine-distribution/3850884001/

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe and effective, studies suggest https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/529242-published-data-finds-astrazeneca-and-oxfords-covid-19-effective#.X9EPDtuQEko.twitter

Military health personnel, senior officials will be first in line to get Defense Department’s initial vaccine doses https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/military-vaccine-coronavirus-health-workers-leaders/2020/12/09/743a28c6-3a3b-11eb-8328-a36a109900c2_story.html?tid=ss_tw

COVID Vaccines Could Be In Maryland By Dec. 14, First Responders, Hospital Health Care Workers, Long-Term Care Residents, Staff Will Get It First https://cbsloc.al/36U2B8r#.X9Ee4RFzupk.twitter

It’s Time to Scare People About COVID https://khn.org/MTIyMzUzNw

What Seniors Can Expect When COVID Vaccines Begin to Roll Out https://khn.org/MTIyMTg0Ng

Opinion | American history is about outcomes. Will we pass the covid-19 test? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/american-history-is-about-outcomes-will-we-pass-the-covid-19-test/2020/12/08/d39b6fb6-397b-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Trump team COVID vaccine plan will fail people of color. Fast does not mean equitable. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/09/covid-vaccine-consider-high-risk-people-not-just-speed-column/6489058002/

How Has the Pandemic Affected Health Coverage in the U.S.? https://www.kff.org/?p=500216

U.S. sets daily record for coronavirus deaths, as Britain warns of allergic reactions to vaccine https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pfizer-allergic-warnings-vaccine/2020/12/09/4e79ec72-3a16-11eb-aad9-8959227280c4_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Politics

"I chose Lloyd Austin as my nominee for secretary of defense because I know how he reacts under pressure, and I know that he will do whatever it takes to defend the American people," writes @JoeBiden: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/secretary-defense/617330/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

'A scary time': Researchers react to agents raiding home of former Florida COVID-19 data scientist https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/09/raid-florida-doh-rebekah-jones-home-reaction/6505149002/

Georgia counties reduce early voting locations ahead of Senate runoffs, alarming voting rights advocates https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/georgia-counties-cut-back-early-voting-sites-ahead-senate-runoffs-n1250307

Hunter Biden confirms he is under federal investigation https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/hunter-biden-under-federal-investigation/2020/12/09/3b7361be-3a64-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html?tid=ss_tw

GOP lawyer appointed by Florida governor resigns in protest over raid on ousted data scientist’s home https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/09/florida-republican-resigns-raid/?tid=ss_tw

Finance

FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/technology/fireeye-hacked-russians.html?smid=tw-share   

GWU, Takoma Park biotech targeting cancer and Covid in $3.2M corporate research agreement https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/12/08/gwu-md-biotech-targeting-cancer-and-covid.html?ana=RSS

Maryland's Dragos Inc. closes $110M round, plots first foreign offices https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/12/08/dragos-inc-raises-110-m-will-open-foreign-offices.html?ana=RSS

U.S., states sue Facebook as an illegal monopoly, setting stage for potential breakup https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/09/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit/?tid=ss_tw

Income-Related Inequalities in Affordability and Access to Primary Care in Eleven High-Income Countries https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2020/dec/2020-international-survey-income-related-inequalities#.X9FAd5pYt04.twitter

How Has the Pandemic Affected Health Coverage in the U.S.? https://www.kff.org/?p=500216   

Income-Related Inequality In Affordability And Access To Primary Care In Eleven High-Income Countries | Health Affairs Journal https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01566?utm_medium=email&utm_source=hat&utm_campaign=ahead+of+print&utm_content=doty&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_content=Inequality+In+Access+To+Primary+Care+In+11+High-Income+Countries%3B+Seasonal+And+Routine+Vaccines&utm_campaign=HAT%3A+12-9-20&vgo_ee=m%2F8ud8%2FTyRMm0UpHvfLv54vy7T5YEJ8ohjC9vauJg30%3D#.X9FB7INETaw.twitter   

Closing the racial wealth gap requires heavy, progressive taxation of wealth https://brook.gs/37Mpslq   

Analysis | The Technology 202: Facebook removes some pages appearing to coordinate to push health misinformation https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/09/technology-202-facebook-removes-some-pages-appearing-coordinate-push-health-misinformation/?tid=ss_tw  

Trump EPA finalizes rollback making it harder to enact new public health rules https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/12/09/trump-air-pollution/?tid=ss_tw

The world’s rich need to cut their carbon footprint by a factor of 30 to slow climate change, U.N. warns https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/12/09/carbon-footprints-climate-change-rich-one-percent/?tid=ss_tw      

DoorDash takes its stock public, aiming to dominate food delivery after a pandemic-induced boom in business https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/09/doordash-ipo/?tid=ss_tw

For the entertainment industry, an HBO Max move is causing peak upset https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/09/warner-hbo-move-angers-hollywood/?tid=ss_tw

YouTube removes 8,000 channels promoting false election claims https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/09/youtube-false-2020-election-claims/?tid=ss_tw

For the first time, the U.S. will reward nursing homes for controlling the spread of infectious disease https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/09/nursing-home-infection-control/?tid=ss_tw

Amazon adds Microsoft, Unilever to its climate group that critics say lacks transparency https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/09/amazon-climate-pledge-members/?tid=ss_tw         


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