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1 of 2 In this March 2021 photo, a staff member of Ochsner Health carries a tray filled with syringes containing the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as people come into the Castine Center in Pelican Park to be vaccinated in Mandeville, La./Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP
U.S. to share up to 60 million vaccine doses amid pressure to aid desperate countries Tyler Pager, Annie Linskey, Emily Rauhala The United States will share up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine with other countries, the White House said Monday, as the Biden administration faces growing pressure to help vaccinate the global population and cases spike around the world. The move comes as India in particular faces an increasingly dire situation, with its health system showing signs of collapse — adding to the sense of urgent global need. The AstraZenec...
. WASHINGTON — Joe Biden offered voters a promise when he campaigned for the White House: He would do a better job on the coronavirus pandemic than President Donald Trump. Accepting the Democratic presidential nomination in August, he pledged that "the first step I will take will be to get control of the virus that's ruined so many lives." Declaring victory three months later, he said, "I will spare no effort — or commitment — to turn this pandemic around." Now, 100 days into his presidency, Biden can point to a host of figures showing that he has kept his promise, from plunging deat...
U.S. faces calls to share vaccines Associated Press Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been inoculated. But the 72-year-old Honduran lawyer, like so many others in his country, is still waiting. And increasingly, he is wondering why the U.S. is not doing more to help, particularly as the American vaccine supply begins to outpace demand and doses that have been approved for use elsewhere in the world, but not in the U.S., sit idle. "We live in a state of def...
World calls on US to share vaccines Robust supplies leave states declining more Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been inoculated. But the 72-year-old Honduran lawyer, like so many others in his country, is still waiting. And increasingly, he is wondering why the United States is not doing more to help, particularly as the American vaccine supply begins to outpace demand and doses that have been approved for use elsewhere in the world, but not in the U.S., si...