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Vice President Mike Pence receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in Washington. Karen Pence, and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams also participated. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine

Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence both received a COVID-19 vaccine with cameras rolling on Friday to try to show the public that it's safe and that Americans should get vaccinated when they can.

December 18, 2020
The facade of Moderna, Inc. headquarters is seen, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. The Food and Drug Administration said that a second potential COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Moderna, appears safe and highly effective, bringing it to the cusp of U.S. authorization. A panel of outside experts is expected to vote to recommend the formula on Thursday, with the FDA's green light coming soon thereafter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Moderna vaccine endorsed by FDA panel

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel endorsed the Moderna vaccine for emergency use after a daylong debate on Thursday, a move that should accelerate the immunization campaign.

December 17, 2020
In this file photo, a man stands outside an entrance to a Moderna, Inc., building, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. A second COVID-19 vaccine moved closer to joining the U.S. fight against the pandemic Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 as government experts convened for a final public review of its safety and effectiveness. The shot from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health is urgently needed as the country continues to record ever-higher numbers of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths ahead of more holiday travel and family gatherings. FDA's OK is expected shortly after the all-day meeting concludes. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, file) **FILE**

FDA panel takes up Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration is meeting with outside experts Thursday to debate whether a coronavirus vaccine from Moderna should be approved for emergency use.

December 17, 2020
In this file photo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP) **FILE**

FDA approves another at-home COVID-19 test

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an "at-home, virtually guided" test from Abbott Laboratories that spits out results in 15 minutes and is intended for use by people with suspected cases.

December 16, 2020
In this Dec. 13, 2020, photo, boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday, Dec. 14, just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool) **FILE**

COVID-19 death toll hits 300K in U.S.

The U.S. coronavirus death toll surpassed a once-unfathomable 300,000 on Monday, creating a sorrowful split screen with the immunization campaign that kicked off across the country.

December 14, 2020
Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)

Coronavirus vaccine shipments to arrive Monday in every state

Boxes of coronavirus vaccines rolled off assembly lines in Michigan on Sunday, launching a historic campaign to immunize Americans against the pathogen that's upended normal life and killed nearly 300,000 people in the U.S. since its discovery in China one year ago.

December 13, 2020
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. The United Kingdom, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, is beginning its vaccination campaign, a key step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (Liam McBurney/Pool via AP)

FDA approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

The Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use late Friday, launching an historic campaign to inoculate millions of Americans against a disease that's upended normal life, pummeled the economy and killed nearly 300,000 in the U.S.

December 11, 2020
In this file photo dated Wednesday, July 22, 2020, a Pfizer sign is seen on a podium at the Pfizer Research & Development Laboratories, in Groton, Conn. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) **FILE**

Key FDA panel debates Pfizer vaccine

A government advisory panel is debating Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine Thursday and will decide whether its benefits outweigh any risks, clearing a path for the Food and Drug Administration to grant emergency approval so that states can begin to inoculate health workers and nursing-home residents.

December 10, 2020
A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, as the U.K. health authorities rolled out a national mass vaccination program. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

Operation Warp Speed: We won’t fiddle with Pfizer dosing plan

Leaders of Operation Warp Speed said Wednesday they will not abandon plans to reserve half of the available Pfizer doses when the coronavirus vaccine campaign launches in the coming days, even though new data showed a level of protection after the first shot of the two-dose regimen.

December 9, 2020