
What We're Reading: Vaccine Distribution Agreement Announced; Virus Deaths Surge Again; Medicare Insolvency Predicted
The US government partners with biotech giants Pfizer and BioNTech to distribute a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine; the COVID-19 death record continues to be broken; could Medicare be in financial trouble?
A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Available by Year-End
HHS and the Department of Defense’s partnership with biotech giants Pfizer and BioNTech could mean up to 600 million doses of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine candidate, BNT162, will be available in the country starting this December and through 2021,
Asymptomatic Individuals May Enable Pandemic Spread
With deaths from COVID-19 surpassing 1100 yesterday, the United States recorded its highest daily disease toll since May, with the CDC predicting the number of those actually infected may be 2 to 13 times higher than reported,
Is Medicare Fund in Danger of Running Out?
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