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A single-dose vaccine

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Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine trials show promising results; the GameStop/Robinhood trading saga is creating strange political bedfellows.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is 72% effective in the US AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images In early trials against multiple variants for its single-shot vaccine, Johnson & Johnson says its shot is 66 percent effective at preventing disease and 85 percent effective at preventing serious illness. [ ABC News / Sony Salzman ] While Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is not quite as effective as the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, its single dose requirement and cost-effectiveness — it can be produced at half...

Axios Pro Rata: Robinhood misses the mark — Roblox reschedules — Coinbase goes direct

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Top of the Morning | Friday, January 29, 2021   Open in app View in browser   Presented By Cooley   Pro Rata By Dan Primack · Jan 29, 2021 📺 We're back: "Axios on HBO" returns this Sunday, Jan. 31, at 6pm ET/PT on all HBO platforms! Here's the trailer.     Top of the Morning Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios   Robinhood spent yesterday taking from its credibility and giving to its critics, in one of the most inexplicable self-immolations Silicon Valley has ever seen. The latest: Robinhood is racing to raise $1 billion from existing investors, ahead of plans to reopen trading of GameStop and other '90s nostalgia stocks. What happened: Robinhood prevented its users from buying shares or call options on a bucket of highly volatile stocks that had been shorted by hedge funds and bid up by Redd...