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• Many Trial Volunteers Got Placebo Vaccines. Do They Now Deserve the Real Ones? December 3, 2020
  Some vaccine experts worry that “unblinding” the trials and giving all of the volunteers vaccines would tarnish the long-term results.
  Carl Zimmer and Noah Weiland
• The UK Just Approved the Pfizer Covid Vaccine. What Happens Next? December 3, 2020
  When early results from the final trials began to roll in, scientists were well prepared. Now, they face the logistical challenge of putting the vaccine to work.
  Benjamin Mueller
• Long-Term-Care Residents and Health Workers Should Get Vaccine First, C.D.C. Panel Says December 3, 2020
  The C.D.C. director will decide by Wednesday whether to accept the recommendation. States aren’t required to follow it, but most are expected to.
  Abby Goodnough
• ‘Nobody Sees Us’: Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand December 3, 2020
  Laboratory technologists have been working nonstop to help the nation diagnose an ever-growing number of coronavirus cases.
  Katherine J. Wu
• The Newest Hotel Amenity? Virus-Scrubbed Air December 3, 2020
  Hotels, and even some cruise ships, are installing state-of-the-art filtration systems that claim to tackle the coronavirus where it is believed to be the most dangerous: in the air.
  Elaine Glusac
• How Teenagers Use Free Time Affects Mood December 3, 2020
  Different choices for how young people use free time lead to different kinds of relief.
  Lisa Damour
• Building Emotional Safety Nets for Men December 3, 2020
  Support networks with other men can help fend off the loneliness and isolation many men experience.
  Andrew Reiner
• Her Legs Would Barely Follow Her Brain. Then She Saw Double. December 3, 2020
  She’d just quit drinking, but could that really have anything to do with these disturbing symptoms?
  Lisa Sanders, M.D.
• CVS to Give Out Covid-19 Treatment in Nursing Homes December 2, 2020
  The three-month pilot program involves just 1,000 doses in seven big cities. It’s not clear how much impact that will have as demand surges.
  Rebecca Robbins
• Moderna Is Applying for Emergency F.D.A. Approval for Its Coronavirus Vaccine December 2, 2020
  The first shots could be given as early as Dec. 21, if authorization is granted.
  Denise Grady