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US Army to discharge soldiers who refuse COVID jab

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 12:17 PM

The US Army announced Wednesday it would begin discharging soldiers who refuse to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rule. Read more »

New York reports 5 cases of Omicron variant

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 08:51 AM

New York has confirmed 5 cases of the Omicron variant, bringing the total number of US detections of the new strain to 8. Read more »

US transport agency doubles fines on mask violations

David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 10 11:44 AM

The Transportation Security Administration said repeat offenders could face fines as high as $3,000. Read more »

US COVID-19 cases reach 6-month high

Maria Caspani and Roshan Abraham, Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 09:12 AM

Daily new COVID-19 cases have climbed to a 6-month high in the United States, with more than 100,000 infections reported nationwide. Read more »

New York City, Los Angeles to send students back to school

Peter Szekely and Dan Whitcomb, Reuters
Updated as of May 25 12:02 PM

New York City and Los Angeles, the 2 largest US public school districts, on Monday announced plans to fully reopen schools, part of a parent-led nationwide trend amid a sustained decline in COVID-19 infections and rise in vaccinations. Read more »

US retail chain Walmart to end mask mandate for vaccinated shoppers, staff

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 15 07:32 AM

US retail giant Walmart on Friday said customers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer have to wear masks in their stores, and staff can do the same starting next week.   Read more »

Biden says 100 million US vaccines target will be met this week

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 06:42 AM

President Joe Biden said Thursday that his goal of getting 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered in his first 100 days in office will be met by Friday, far in advance of the original target. Read more »

Biden to direct states to make all adults eligible for vaccine by May 1

Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters
Posted at Mar 12 09:13 AM

President Joe Biden will direct states to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by May 1 and use his first primetime address to say he expects life to return closer to normal by the Fourth of July holiday, according to 2 senior White House officials. Read more »

US daily virus toll below 1,000 for first time in months

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 11:32 AM

For the first time in nearly 3 and a half months, the United States recorded fewer than 1,000 deaths in a day from COVID-19 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. Read more »

Fauci urges Americans: Get any of the 3 COVID-19 vaccines available

Andy Sullivan, Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 05:01 PM

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease official, said on Sunday he was encouraging Americans to accept any of the 3 available COVID-19 vaccines, including the newly approved Johnson & Johnson shot. Read more »

US to distribute 4 million J&J COVID vaccines by Tuesday

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 11:35 AM

Four million doses of the latest COVID-19 vaccine to get US approval will be delivered across the country as early as Tuesday, a senior administration official said. Read more »

US approves Pfizer vaccine storage at normal freezer temperature

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 07:18 AM

Frozen vials of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may be stored at temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to 2 weeks, the US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. Read more »

Pfizer to ship 13 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per week to US by mid-March: executive

Carl O'Donnell, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 04:34 PM

Pfizer Inc expects to deliver more than 13 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine per week to the United States by the middle of March, more than doubling its shipments from early February, a top Pfizer executive said in prepared testimony ahead of a Tuesday congressional hearing. Read more »

Why the US has the highest COVID-19 death toll

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 12:32 PM

The United States crossed the grim milestone of 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Monday, a year since announcing its first known death from the virus on February 29, 2020 in the Seattle area. Read more »

Biden says US has acquired 200 million more COVID vaccine doses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 07:34 AM

US President Joe Biden said Thursday the government had signed deals to acquire 200 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses. Read more »

Better behavior, fledgling population immunity behind US case decline

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 11:08 AM

Cases of COVID-19 in the US are declining. What's behind the slide? Experts say there are many reasons, from a better adherence to masking and distancing measures, to the fact that the holiday period is now well behind us.   Read more »

US COVID-19 death toll hits new daily record of nearly 4,500: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 13 11:52 AM

The US death toll from COVID-19 hit a new daily record of nearly 4,500, Johns Hopkins University said Tuesday evening. Read more »

ICUs clogged on the way in, morgues on the way out in California's COVID crisis

Lucy Nicholson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 11:49 AM

Southern California is so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases that patients are backed up trying to get into hospitals, and corpses get stuck in another logjam once they leave.   Read more »

US logs more than 3,900 COVID deaths in new 24-hour record: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 11:23 AM

The United States broke its own record for the number of daily deaths from COVID-19 yet again Tuesday, recording 3,936 fatalities in 24 hours, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins university. Read more »

New Year arrives with US hitting 20 million COVID-19 cases

Ben Sheppard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 10:35 AM

The United States marked the New Year on Friday by passing the extraordinary milestone of 20 million COVID-19 cases, after global celebrations welcoming in 2021 were largely muted by the pandemic.   Read more »