BREAKING: Drugmaker AstraZeneca pulls out of a call with governments on coronavirus vaccine delays, according to European Union officials trib.al/sCSaBNK
LATEST: A spokesperson for AstraZeneca says the company still plans to join a vaccine call Wednesday evening, contradicting a statement minutes earlier by an European Commission spokeswoman bloom.bg/3psgLV6
The European Commission says that a crunch call over vaccine-delivery delays with AstraZeneca has been canceled after the drugmaker pulled out, a claim the company disputes bloom.bg/3psgLV6
A European Commission official now says a crunch call with AstraZeneca over vaccine-delivery delays is finally going ahead on Wednesday bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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2) Trump vowed in 2016 to very quickly “start reversing” the U.S. goods trade deficit with China. However, the gap has increased since then, hitting $287 billion in the 11 months to November last year. trib.al/dvoiRSs
3) Chinese export performance improved despite the trade war, with the country’s exports grew each year after Trump took office, including in 2019 when exports to the U.S. fell trib.al/dvoiRSs
The FDA's review process normally takes about six to 10 months. An emergency use authorization could change all that.
The FDA's advisory groups meets on Dec. 10. but we may get a hint in the days leading up the meeting, when it releases its staff report bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
If emergency authorization is approved, Pfizer and federal and state government officials have been preparing to help distribute the vaccine within days. bloom.bg/398qH0C
🦠 Here's an idea: should governments pay people to get a Covid-19 vaccine?
Is paying for vaccinations an ingenious idea that will save lives and livelihoods? Or is it an undue government intrusion into people’s lives? bloom.bg/3fkJyGR
Those are questions posed by Peter Coy, who says it's a debate the world needs to have.
💉 The news out of vaccine trials have been promising, but ultimately it's meaningless if people don't take them. bloom.bg/3fkJyGR
The idea of paying people to take care of themselves isn't new, Coy writes.
There are health insurance providers that reduce or waive premiums if you exercise frequently. That actually punishes those who don't participate, but it feels less coercive. bloom.bg/3fkJyGR
The U.S. election remains up in the air with the futures of Donald Trump and Joe Biden hinging on key battleground states that were too close to call #Election2020
PENNSYLVANIA was always expected to be under scrutiny in a close race, with both campaigns aggressively courting voters in the final days before the election bloom.bg/3enoMpu
WISCONSIN is likely to report its results in the early morning hours, after election workers struggled with an unprecedented number of mailed-in ballots starting when polls opened on Tuesday morning bloom.bg/3enoMpu