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FDA chief called to White House as Trump pushes for vaccine

by Jonathan LemireJill Colvin
| December 1, 2020 11:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the agency responsible for approving any COVID-19 vaccine for the U.S. was summoned to the White House Tuesday as an increasingly frustrated President Donald Trump complained approval wasn't coming faster.

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