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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 to miss July 4 goal of one COVID shot for 70pct of adults: W.House

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 23 07:23 AM

The US government won't meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a COVID vaccine to 70 percent of US adults by July 4, White House COVID response team coordinator Jeffrey Zients conceded Tuesday.   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 »

'Vaccine tourists' fly from abroad for injections on US beach

Leila Macor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 12:09 PM

A long line of people snaked across the sand of Miami Beach, Florida, as dozens of travelers from Latin America waited their turn at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination booth. Read more »

As virus rages globally, US to vaccinate low-risk teens

Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 07:06 AM

President Joe Biden wants 70 percent of American adults to have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine by the July 4 holiday, and has made vaccinating adolescents a key part of the next phase of the country's immunization campaign. 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 brings forward vaccine goal, Brazil deaths hit new peak

Ben Sheppard and Agence France-Presse bureaus
Posted at Mar 03 01:09 PM

The United States will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for its adult population by the end of May, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, while Brazil's troubles deepened as it registered its highest 24-hour death toll. 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 »

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 »

Amazon offers to help with US COVID-19 vaccine effort

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 06:39 AM

Tech colossus Amazon on Wednesday offered to put its vast operation to work helping President Joe Biden get 100 million Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 in the next 100 days.  Read more »

US COVID-19 vaccine supplies strain to meet wider eligibility, 2nd doses

Peter Szekely, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 08:53 AM

Scattered shortages of COVID-19 vaccines persisted on Saturday under pressure from growing demand, as previously inoculated Americans returned for their required second shots and millions of newly eligible people scrambled to get their first. Read more »

California Disneyland: From theme park to mass COVID vaccination center

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 11:41 AM

California's Disneyland opened a giant coronavirus vaccination center Wednesday, some 10 months after the pandemic's appearance forced the closure of the world-famous theme park.   Read more »

US vaccinates 10 million against COVID but remains behind target

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 06:32 AM

More than 10 million people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, official data showed Wednesday, even as the country remains behind its immunization targets. Read more »

US widens vaccination eligibility as COVID-19 deaths mount

Peter Szekely, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 07:05 AM

US federal officials on Tuesday agreed to send states additional coronavirus vaccine doses requested by several governors, as the country tries to ramp up the pace of inoculations with the daily COVID-19 death toll hovering at 3,200. Read more »

1 million vaccinated as US eyes return to normal next summer

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 24 09:09 AM

More than a million Americans have received the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccines, a senior official said Wednesday, as the US eyes a return to normal by next summer. Read more »