Overnight Health Care: FDA panel recommends authorizing Pfizer vaccine | CDC director gives grim death projection | More states impose restrictions

Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care. An FDA panel endorsed the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, meaning an authorization is likely to come within days. Meanwhile, the CDC director warned of a daunting death toll in the short term, and more states imposed restrictions. We’ll start with the big FDA meeting. FDA panel recommends authorizing Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccineA federal panel of outside experts on Thursday endorsed a coronavirus…