Category : World News

U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced Tuesday they have begun a clinical trial of a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine specifically designed to protect against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The companies said in a joint statement that it will test the new vaccine as both a primary and […]Read More

WASHINGTON — The United States will soon ship more than 2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the African nations of Kenya and Morocco, the White House told VOA on Wednesday. “As the president has said, America will be the arsenal of vaccines in our fight against COVID-19,” a White House official told VOA. […]Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, today joined with President Joe Biden at the White House to mark World AIDS Day. “This World AIDS Day, as we remember those lost to this awful disease, we must recommit ourselves to ending the stigma, to ensuring health equity, and leading […]Read More

By VOA News Worldwide COVID-19 cases have increased for the ninth straight week and deaths are up for the sixth week, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization director-general told a member state information session Thursday. “More cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally in the past two weeks than during the first six months of […]Read More