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US CDC recommends boosters targeting omicron

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 10:19 AM

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer and Moderna targeting the omicron variant. Read more »

Biden warns of 'winter of death' for unvaccinated

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 07:39 PM

US President Joe Biden warned Thursday of a "winter of severe illness and death" for those unvaccinated against Covid-19, as the G7 called the Omicron variant the biggest threat to global public health. 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 send over 8-M COVID-19 vaccines to PH, Bangladesh

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 02 07:43 AM

The United States announced Friday it is sending more than 8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines and Bangladesh. Read more »

US donates 3 million more COVID-19 vaccine shots to PH; Duterte hails 'strong, deep friendship'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 04:51 AM

The United States on Tuesday donated 3 million more COVID-19 shots to the Philippines, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to tout the "strong and deep friendship" between the 2 countries, despite testy incidents during his term.  Read more »

Some US states turn to vaccine mandates for key workers, as COVID cases rise

Joseph Ax and Nathan Layne, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 06:50 AM

The steps represent the latest attempts by policy makers to spur reluctant Americans to get vaccinated as the Delta variant surges nationwide. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 15, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:07 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Olivia Rodrigo to help in US COVID-19 vaccination outreach

Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images/AFP
Posted at Jul 15 12:20 PM

Fiipino-American pop music star and Disney actress Olivia Rodrigo makes a brief statement to reporters at the beginning of the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday. Read more »

Aabot sa 1-M COVID-19 vaccines posibleng maibigay ng US sa Hulyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 08:30 PM

Aabot sa hanggang 1 milyong doses ng bakuna kontra COVID-19 mula Amerika ang inaasahan sa Hulyo.  Read more »

US to donate 800,000 to 1 million COVID-19 vaccines to PH in July: envoy

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 03:00 PM

Washington will send to the Philippines next month some 800,000 to 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, an ambassador of Manila said on Monday, as the country continued to battle one of Asia's longest running coronavirus outbreaks.    Read more »

Philippines to get portion of COVID-19 vaccine surplus from US: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 28 01:37 PM

MANILA - The Philippines is going to be one of the countries who will benefit from the 80 million doses of vaccine stockpile that the United States has committed to the world, Philippine ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said.   Read more »

Palace: 'Nothing wrong' with Duterte's 'no COVID-19 vaccine, no defense deal' threat vs US

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 02:22 PM

Malacañang said on Monday there was "nothing wrong" with President Rodrigo Duterte's threat to scrap a defense deal with the US if it fails to supply the Philippines with vaccines against the novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Boston doctor has severe allergic reaction to Moderna COVID vaccine -NYT

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 10:47 AM

A doctor with a shellfish allergy from Boston in the US state of Massachusetts developed a severe allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing the doctor. Read more »

US begins rolling out Moderna vaccine: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 12:39 PM

The first of millions of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine were being prepared Saturday for shipping to locations across the United States, a top official said, hours after it was authorized for use in the hardest-hit country in the world. Read more »

Obama, Bush, Clinton willing to take coronavirus vaccine on camera

Steve Holland and Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 06:09 AM

Former US Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton said they were willing to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on television in order to ease any public skepticism over the safety of new vaccines. Read more »

FDA says might approve coronavirus vaccine's emergency use in January

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 02:46 PM

MANILA — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday it might clear a coronavirus vaccine candidate for emergency use in January at the earliest. Read more »

US reveals rapid rollout plan for vaccine after record coronavirus surge

Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Posted at Dec 02 03:14 AM

WASHINGTON - US officials on Monday unveiled details for the swift distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to millions of Americans after the United States broke records for new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. Read more »

Philippines to get access to US coronavirus vaccine, Palace says after American breakthroughs

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 04:18 PM

The Philippines will have access to the coronavirus vaccine of the US, Malacañang said Tuesday, after a biotech firm in its Western ally announced that its drug against the COVID-19 disease was almost 95-percent effective.    Read more »

Vaccines, not spy planes: US misfires in Southeast Asia

Tom Allard, Reuters
Posted at Oct 28 03:25 AM

JAKARTA - For months, by Zoom calls and then by jet, Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asia's biggest country is struggling to control. This month, their campaign paid off. Read more »

Vaccine-makers keep safety details quiet, alarming scientists

Katie Thomas, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 14 07:30 AM

The morning after the world learned that a closely watched clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine had been halted last week over safety concerns, the company’s chief executive disclosed that a person given the vaccine had experienced serious neurological symptoms.   Read more »