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US CDC Advisers Prioritize Health Care Workers, Nursing Home Residents for
Vaccine

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   Healthcare workers and nursing home residents should be among the first
   Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, members of a U.S. Centers for
   Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee determined Tuesday.

   The panel voted 13-1 to give a vaccine, as soon as it's approved, to
   the some 24 million Americans who are healthcare workers or nursing
   home residents, while supplies are still limited as production ramps
   up.

   The decision from the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization
   Practices comes as the U.S. records record numbers of coronavirus cases
   across the country. The U.S. recorded 4.36 million cases of COVID-19 in
   November -- roughly double the number from a month earlier.

   The state of Florida surpassed 1 million cases Tuesday.

   The Trump administration has said that 20 million people could be
   inoculated by the end of this year.

   The FDA is considering an emergency request from Pfizer to authorize
   the use of its vaccine. Moderna said Monday it also would apply for
   emergency use authorization of its vaccine.

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