VOA News by Rafael Salido En las últimas horas, diversos medios han asegurado que el Gobierno está planeando desmantelarlo. Algunas voces temen que el presidente Trump prefiera dejarse guiar por economistas que por científicos para acometer la reactivación del país cuanto antes. WASHINGTON — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, confirmó este martes que la […]readmore
VOA News A new study led by the U.S. government has found that a new strain of the novel coronavirus that is prevailing worldwide is spreading faster than earlier versions. The study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory said the new strain, a mutated form of the original coronavirus, was detected three months […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump declared Tuesday he would restore the U.S. economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. «Two months ago, we had the greatest economy in the world,» Trump said. «We’re going to do it again. And it’s going to happen pretty fast.» He said some Americans «are going […]readmore
VOA News By Margaret Besheer NEW YORK – New York City’s health commissioner said Tuesday that a number of children who had the coronavirus have also developed a rare condition known as Kawasaki disease. “Generally, if the condition is identified early, there is definitive treatment and there are typically no long-term consequences,” New York City Health […]readmore
VOA News Two pharmaceutical companies said Tuesday their experimental coronavirus vaccine is being delivered in the U.S. for initial human testing. U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and Germany’s BioNTech SE said if the trials prove the vaccine is safe and effective, it could be ready for broad distribution in the U.S. by year’s end. The vaccine could be among the first vaccines approved […]readmore
MAY 4, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with Federal, State and local health officials, will begin a phased restart of some 2020 Census field operations in select geographic areas this week. Updates on the operations resuming by location are available at 2020census.gov. This webpage will be updated weekly as 2020 Census operations resume […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier, Chris Hannas, Steve Herman WASHINGTON – The White House is downplaying a U.S. government report projecting a near doubling of COVID-19 daily deaths in the United States by June 1. White House spokesman Judd Deere took issue Monday with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that also forecasts about 200,000 new […]readmore
VOA News The National Institutes of Health (NIH) confirmed Monday that a study to help determine the infection rate of COVID-19 in U.S. children and their families has begun enrolling participants. The study, called “Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2” or HEROS, is entirely government-funded and sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and […]readmore
VOA News In the first phase of Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan for Texas to reopen, the state’s beaches fully reopened last week. In the Gulf of Mexico coastal city of Galveston, the beach patrol reported thousands of visitors over the weekend. Galveston issued a statement as the beaches opened Friday, saying its top priority […]readmore
VOA News By Carla Babb WASHINGTON – Four U.S. Navy surface ships entered the Barents Sea on Monday for the first time in decades as part of maritime security operations aimed at asserting freedom of navigation in the Arctic Circle. The destroyers USS Donald Cook, USS Porter and USS Roosevelt, along with the fast combat support ship USNS Supply, were joined […]readmore