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FDA panel recommends Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20-0 to recommend that the agency authorize Moderna's vaccine for emergency use during the pandemic. There was a single abstention. 
Dec. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: 83 deaths; hospitalizations, cases easing
The newest data extends an awful December — 1,065 COVID-19 deaths reported in the first 17 days of the month. Counts of new cases and hospitalizations, though, continue to retreat from their late November, early December highs.
Analysis: Are restaurants and bars feeding Minnesota's COVID-19 spread?
Bar and restaurant owners say their COVID-19 numbers don’t justify Gov. Tim Walz’s ban on indoor dining. MPR News data reporter David Montgomery took a deep dive into the limited, available data. Here’s what he found.
French President Macron tests positive for coronavirus
The Élysée Palace said President Emmanuel Macron will quarantine for seven days following his positive test results.
Bars and restaurants fume at continued indoor dining ban; some pledge to defy order
Many restaurateurs and bar owners are worried their businesses won’t be able to survive at least another three weeks of restrictions on indoor service. Meanwhile, about 100 hospitality businesses have pledged to defy the governor’s order to remain closed.