Azar said that Pfizer is expected to file an application to the FDA for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine on Friday, with Moderna soon to follow.
As of Wednesday, more than 79,400 people nationwide were hospitalized with Covid-19, more than at any other point during the pandemic, according to data compiled by the COVID Tracking Project.
The U.S. reported more than 170,100 new cases of the virus on Wednesday, the second-highest one-day spike reported to date, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Walmart and McDonald's are among the top employers of beneficiaries of Medicaid and food stamps, according to a GAO study commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Within private client groups at banks like UBS and wealthy investor clubs like Tiger 21, climate change is now a core investing theme, not a political issue.
"The surge in demand for testing will mean that some members could reach or exceed their current testing capacities in the coming days," the American Clinical Laboratory Association said.
"The longer we wait on transition the more people will get infected and die," Dr. Celine Gounder, who sits on President-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 panel, said.
Under the league's mandatory guidelines, clubs will hold virtual meetings, unless they're outdoors, and reduce close contact between players and staff.