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Remdesivir, developed by Gilead Sciences, is the first drug approved by licensing authorities in the US to treat COVID-19. AP Photo

US hoards global stock of COVID-19 drug remdesivir

The Trump administration has now bought more than 5,00,000 doses, the entire batch produced for July and 90% of August...

1 July 2020 6:46 PM IST

People wait on line to get tested for COVID-19 in New York. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

New COVID-19 cases in US soar to highest levels on record

New cases per day have more than doubled over the past two weeks, eclipsing the old mark of 250,000, set in mid-January

30 Dec 2021 12:03 PM IST

A middle school principal walks the empty halls of his school as he speaks with one of his teachers to get an update on her COVID-19 symptoms. (AP/Stephen B. Morton, File)

US health officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

People with symptoms during isolation, or who develop symptoms during quarantine, are encouraged to stay home

28 Dec 2021 11:54 AM IST

A doctor loads a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Massachusetts (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

US urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight Omicron

Studies show a booster dose at least temporarily revs up antibodies to levels that offer the best chance at avoiding...

6 Jan 2022 12:43 PM IST