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US lowers Philippine health notice to Alert 2: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 02:13 PM

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the Philippines to Alert Level 2 in its 'travel health notice,' the DOH said. Read more »

Obama tests positive for COVID, encourages vaccines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 11:47 AM

Barack Obama has tested positive for a mild case of COVID-19, the former US president said on his Twitter account Sunday. Read more »

DOH adviser: No link between flu, positive RT PCR test

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 02:54 AM

Dr. Edsel Salvana, of the DOH technical advisory group, said the US CDC only retired one brand, the results of which were still valid if used. Read more »

US appeals court affirms hold on Biden vaccine mandate

Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 08:20 AM

A U.S. court on Friday affirmed its decision to stay President Joe Biden's order for companies with 100 workers or more to require COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

US to reopen borders to vaccinated travelers Nov 8

Aurélia End, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 07:32 AM

The United States will reopen its land and air borders on November 8 to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Read more »

US reports world's first deer with COVID-19

Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 07:27 AM

The US Department of Agriculture reported infections of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in wild white-tailed deer in the state of Ohio. Read more »

Fed to meet as inflation, virus variants complicate US recovery

Chris Stein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 11:09 AM

As rising prices and the spread of new COVID-19 variants increase risks to the US economy, Federal Reserve officials are expected to maintain their easy money policies intended to help American companies and workers survive the pandemic damage.   Read more »

Progress on COVID-19 and economy under Biden, but disunion haunts US on 245th birthday

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Jul 04 10:21 AM

More than five months into Joe Biden's presidency, the United States has changed in multiple ways, with a healthier business outlook and a pandemic - at least in many parts of the country - increasingly under control.   Read more »

Lifting off? Sudden travel surge tests US airlines

Juliette Michel and John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 23 02:59 PM

US airlines are scrambling to ramp back up to meet soaring travel demand that has transformed America's airports from cavernous to crowded almost overnight.   Read more »

US says will distribute vaccines 'according to need', not to curry favor

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 09:29 PM

The United States on Wednesday reiterated it will distribute vaccines globally according to need, not in exchange for political favors, a US senior official said.  Read more »

Take your shot: US state offers $1 million COVID vaccine lottery

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 12:28 PM

As US officials scramble to convince citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19, one state is putting its money where its mouth is -- offering millions in lottery prizes for those who have received an injection. Read more »

US to authorize Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 for age 12 and up: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 12:30 PM

The US pharmaceutical giant said in late March it had submitted data from a clinical trial of 2,260 12- to 15-year-olds that showed the vaccine was highly effective and well-tolerated. Read more »

Puwede na bang di mag-mask kung nabakunahan na? Eksperto sumagot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 06:15 PM

Kasunod ito ng pagluwag ng Amerika sa patakaran sa pagsusuot ng mask para sa mga nabakunahan na. Read more »

New York holds "A COVID-19 Day of Remembrance"

David 'Dee' Delgado, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 05:45 PM

Projections are seen at the Brooklyn Bridge, as part of "A COVID-19 Day of Remembrance" dedicated to New Yorkers who died during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in New York, U.S. on Sunday. Read more »

'Giant step' as Biden COVID rescue plan clears Senate

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 11:27 AM

The US Senate on Saturday voted to approve a $1.9 trillion relief package in what President Joe Biden called a "giant step" towards reviving the pandemic-stricken American economy, capping frenzied negotiations and a marathon overnight voting session. Read more »

Spring break during outbreak

Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters
Posted at Mar 06 01:02 PM

A college athlete is thrown in the air by a group of men on the beach to celebrate spring break, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. on Friday. Read more »

Lola, 90, naglakad ng halos 10 kilometro sa snow para mabakunahan sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 05:01 AM

Ayon sa ulat, ilang beses na sinubukan ni Fran Goldman ng Seattle para magkaroon ng appointment sa kaniyang kauna-unahang coronavirus vaccine shot.  Read more »

US not 'out of the woods' as nation nears 500,000 COVID-19 deaths

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 07:04 AM

The United States faces a dark milestone despite a recent decline in COVID-19 cases as it prepares to mark a staggering half million deaths this week, nearly a year after the novel coronavirus pandemic upended the country with dueling public health and economic crises. Read more »

US passes 25 million COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 07:07 AM

More than 25 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the United States since the pandemic began, Johns Hopkins University said Sunday, just days after President Joe Biden's inauguration.   Read more »

Vaccine boost for poor countries as Biden warns of '600,000 dead'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 06:46 AM

US President Joe Biden on Friday said "well over 600,000" Americans could die of the coronavirus as he stepped up federal aid in the world's worst-hit country, while less wealthy nations anticipated better access to tests and vaccines thanks to several international deals.   Read more »