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• Hospitals overwhelmed nationwide as coronavirus infections surge.
• President-elect Joe Biden meets with nurses as part of presidential transition.
• Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine is 95% successful.
• HHS secretary Alex Azar pledges to roll out 40 million coronavirus vaccines by years end.
• National Nurses United report finds hospitals price gouging patients.
• Facebook and Twitter CEO’s grilled by lawmakers at senate hearing.
• Moms 4 Housing celebrates 1 year anniversary of successful housing takeover.
• Largest wildfire in California history-the Creek Fire-nearing full containment.

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