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Amazon's new role: health privacy expert

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Amazon is hiring an expert who would be in charge of overseeing the company’s health privacy regulations, known as HIPAA, for a “new initiative,” CNBC reports.

Why it matters: Other tech companies, like Apple and Alphabet, have made a similar step to invest in the digital health care sector, per CNBC. The new vacancy reportedly means that Amazon plans to work with other companies to manage data on personal health.

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Key government agency says Biden transition can formally begin

General Services Administrator Emily Murphy. Photo: Alex Edelman/CNP/Getty Images

General Services Administrator Emily Murphy said in a letter to President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that she has determined the transition from the Trump administration can formally begin.

Why it matters: Murphy, a Trump appointee, had come under fire for delaying the so-called "ascertainment" and withholding the funds and information needed for the transition to begin while Trump's legal challenges played out.

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Coronavirus dashboard

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  1. Vaccines: Key information about the effective COVID-19 vaccines — Oxford and AstraZeneca's vaccine won't just go to rich countries.
  2. Health: U.S. coronavirus hospitalizations keep breaking records — Why we're numb to 250,000 deaths.
  3. World: England to impose stricter regional system — U.S. hotspots far outpacing Europe's — Portugal to ban domestic travel for national holidays.
  4. Economy: The biggest pandemic labor market drags.
  5. Sports: Coronavirus precautions leave college basketball schedule in flux.
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Michigan board certifies Biden's win

Poll workers count absentee ballots in Detroit, Michigan on Nov. 4. Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers certified the state's election results on Monday, making President-elect Joe Biden's win there official and granting him the state's 16 electoral votes.

Why it matters: Republican Party leaders had unsuccessfully appealed to delay the official certification, amid the Trump campaign's failed legal challenges in key swing states.

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