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Experts will assess the benefits and risks of authorizing what could be the first COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the U.S.

The rule would require Biden’s team to review about 2,400 regulations on everything from Medicare benefits to prescription drug approvals. Those not analyzed within two years would become void.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to strain U.S. hospitals. NPR built a tool to explore trends around the country. Look up your local hospital to see how it’s faring.

The FDA will likely make a decision about approving Pfizer’s vaccine “shortly after” an advisory committee meeting on Thursday. The agency has found “no specific safety concerns” about the vaccine.

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations at record highs, doctors and nurses in California are fatigued by months of care and are bracing for the worst in the winter.

The federal government has released detailed local data on where hospitals are starting to fill up with patients. Researchers and health leaders say this was urgently needed.

A majority of hospital nurses said they had never been tested for the coronavirus, according to a recent survey. Hospitals say they are simply following the CDC’s guidance.

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, says people in some of the highest-risk groups will likely be starting vaccinations this month.

Many hospitals seldom test their staff for the coronavirus. The lack of testing means asymptomatic health care workers could be putting their colleagues and patients at risk.

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with two nurses, Tessa Johnson and Danielle Pendergrass, about how rural health care providers deal with the new coronavirus surge having limited resources.