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Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are moved to the loading dock for shipping at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)

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Panel prioritizes people over 75, front-line workers for COVID vaccine

by John Hanna Associated Press, and Mike Stobbe Associated PressDecember 20, 2020

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020 file photo, motorists wait in long lines to take a coronavirus test in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Health experts around the country are hoping the incoming Biden administration will put in place a comprehensive national testing strategy. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

by Mike Stobbe Associated Press, and Matthew Perrone Associated PressDecember 6, 2020

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2020, file photo, a lone pedestrian walks past a public service sign reminding Chicago residents of the return to a stricter COVID-19 protocol along the city's usually busy Magnificent Mile in Chicago. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency advised Americans on Thursday, Nov. 19, not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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CDC pleads: Don’t travel for Thanksgiving

by Mike Stobbe Associated Press, and Heather Hollingsworth Associated PressNovember 19, 2020

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, a worker wearing gloves, a face shield, a mask, and other PPE administers a COVID-19 test at a King County coronavirus testing site in Auburn, Wash., south of Seattle. The latest surge in U.S. coronavirus cases appears to be larger and more widespread than the two previous ones, and it is all but certain to get worse. But experts say there are also reasons to think the nation is better able to deal with the virus than before, with the...

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US surpasses 1 million virus cases in November

by Mike Stobbe Associated PressNovember 10, 2020

Election official Nhan Tran wipes down a voting booth at Boston City Hall during early in-person voting, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Coronavirus deaths rising again in US

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press, and Mike Stobbe Associated PressOctober 26, 2020

FILE - In this Thursday, May 28, 2020 file photo, a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York. The memorial is part of the Naming the Lost project which attempts to humanize the victims who are often just listed as statistics. The wall features banners that say "Naming the Lost" in six languages — English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Hebrew, and Bengali. Some worry a large new wave of coronavirus might occur in the fall or...

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Experts say we’re still in virus’s 1st wave

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterJune 21, 2020

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, visitors to the River Walk pass a restaurant that has reopened in San Antonio. Coronavirus cases are rising in nearly half the U.S. states, as states are rolling back lockdowns. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Virus cases rise as states reopen

by Mike Stobbe Associated PressJune 11, 2020

A youngster approaches a team of New York City police officers as they walk with face masks to hand out to anyone who needs or asks for one during the current coronavirus outbreak, Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Western leaders weigh reopening risks without a vaccine

by Elana Schor Associated Press, Mike Stobbe Associated Press, and Michael Kunzelman Associated PressMay 17, 2020

FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration has shelved a set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders...

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White House shelves CDC’s detailed reopening guide

by Jason Dearen Associated Press, and Mike Stobbe Associated PressMay 7, 2020

Store manager Natalie Hijazi temporarily closes off the entrance to a Pet Fair store inside The Woodlands Mall to help meet the current occupancy limits in place Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in The Woodlands, Texas. The mall reopened Tuesday with increased health and safety measures in place.Texas' stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have expired and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has eased restrictions on many businesses that have now opened. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up

by Nicky Forster Associated Press, Carla K. Johnson Associated Press, and Mike Stobbe Associated PressMay 5, 2020