Dec 15, 2020

A tool for deciding who gets vaccinated when

Vials in boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Dec. 13, 2020. Morry Gash/AFP via Getty Images

The CDC's "Social Vulnerability Index" tracks how disasters affect disadvantaged communities. Plus, the Federal Reserve begins its last interest rate meeting under President Donald Trump today. And, what's next for the relationship between China and the U.S.?

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COVID-19

CDC "vulnerability index" can help states determine distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

by Justin Ho

Dec 15, 2020

The CDC's index weighs factors like a community’s poverty level, racial breakdown and housing.

Vials in boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Dec. 13, 2020.

Morry Gash/AFP via Getty Images

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What kind of Federal Reserve Board of Governors will Biden inherit as the U.S. economy continues pandemic recovery?

Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.

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Reimagining the Economy

Rethinking the U.S.-China relationship under the Biden administration

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin and Alex Schroeder

Dec 15, 2020

Economist Dean Baker says the two should be sharing intellectual property in health care and climate technology, "not fighting over it."

Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaking in Beijing in 2013. As president, Biden will inherit a complicated relationship between the giant economies.

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David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Brian Allison Engineer

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

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