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
Governor Gina M. Raimondo today provided more details on Phase 1 of the state’s plan to reopen the economy. Retail: Non-critical retail stores that have been closed will be allowed to reopen in-person operations, including for limited in-person browsing. Pre-ordering and in-store pick-up will still be encouraged as the safest option. Retailers will be able to have […]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
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – China accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday of “wantonly spewing poison and spreading lies” about the origin of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. A day ago, the top U.S. diplomat there was “enormous evidence” that the pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, not a nearby […]readmore
VOA News The winningest coach in U.S. National Football League history, Don Shula, has died at the age of 90. His former franchise, the Miami Dolphins announced his death from their official Twitter account Monday, saying he died peacefully at his home in Miami. Their statement went to say “Don Shula was the patriarch of […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump says he believes his treatment by the national media is worse than that endured by Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War-era president assassinated in 1865. “I am greeted with a hostile press, the likes of which no president has ever seen. The closest would be that gentleman right up there,” […]readmore
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