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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Cody Meissner, a member of the Food and Drug Administration immunization advisory panel, about the panel's vote on approval of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

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.

COVID-19 is having a curious effect on family life. In some cases, school closures have kept parents and children together all day in the house. For others, the pandemic is separating elderly parents from their children. Cleveland-based Irish musician Eoin McQuinn is feeling the pull in both directions.

The Senate passed a bill funding federal agencies before a Friday night deadline. It was stalled as senators fought over other legislation. It also passed the defense bill with a veto-proof majority.

Cuomo says the patient is recovering. The governor also pledged not to receive the vaccine until Black, Hispanic and poor people do.

Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey is outlining a plan for her first 100 days, which include dealing with COVID-19 and the use of force.

Luis Arce, a candidate handpicked by former President Evo Morales, is expected to be confirmed as the winner in the country's most important presidential election in a generation.

In Wisconsin, rising coronavirus cases are putting pressure on hospitals. As a result, the state has opened a field hospital at the State Fair Grounds to help handle the overflow.

President Trump is on day two of a planned 5-day course of remdesivir. The medication, approved for treating COVID-19, works by making it harder for the coronavirus to replicate within the body.

There is renewed energy around the push to make the District of Columbia the nation's 51st state. Much of that energy comes from young activists who see it as a civil rights issue.