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One stock that has been on an upward trajectory since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is
Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA), a clinical-stage mRNA company. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company first announced a collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop a COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 23.
Back in mid-April, the enrollment of participants for the highest dose arm was underway in the Phase 1 study of mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate for the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine received emergency use authorization from the FDA on Dec. 18.
Kathryn Scott, special to Colorado Politics Bernie Sanders campaign volunteer Drew Romano, 25, from Boulder erupts in cheers inside the Bernie Sanders Colorado Headquarters as Sanders is reported to have won the Colorado Democratic primary. Voters take to the polls and ballots are counted during the Super Tuesday primary on March 3, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Colorado shares a Super Tuesday primary with 14 other states and territories.
Kathryn Scott, Special to The Denver Gazette
Ernest Luning, The Denver Gazette
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In 2020, the nation faced two existential threats: an out-of-control coronavirus pandemic that killed more than 300,000 people in the United States in less than 12 months, and an erratic, self-obsessed Republican president whose administration withheld support from states with Democratic governors and held campaign rallies where hundreds of people gathered closely together without wearing masks.
The threats blended as President Donald Trump allowed the pandemic to spread and openly denied the results of the November election that he lost by seven million popular votes and 74 Electoral College votes. And while both of these threats dominated the news throughout 2020, there were some LGBTQ-specific events that stood out for the history books. Here are our candidates for 2020 s Top 10 LGBTQ news stories.
A Look Back at 2020
January:
The year kicked off with some of the worst wildfires in Australia’s history, destroying over 12 million acres of land.
COVID reared its head in January. The very first case in the U.S. was confirmed on January 21st. A Washington State man who had travelled from the city of Wuhan in China, where it all started tested positive
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began.
A heart attack took actor and screenwriter Buck Henry at the age of 89.
February:
February 2nd: The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers in a stunning Super Bowl comeback.