
A team of experts led by allergists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US has assured that people with food or medication allergies can be vaccinated safely with Covid-19 jabs produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna....

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has rejected again to hold a vote on a standalone bill to boost stimulus checks to $2,000 for individuals from $600, which had been approved by the Democrats-held House of Representatives....

The long-awaited expansion of Penn Station, a major city and interstate rail-transit hub in New York, into the James A. Farley Post Office Building will be completed by New Year's Eve and trains will roll into the new Moynihan Train Hall starting January 1, according to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo....

When Americans were asked to describe the year 2020 in a single word in a recent survey, nearly one in four of them said "awful", "terrible", or "horrible" as the US is still reeling under the raging Covid-19 pandemic....

US President Donald Trump has cut short his trip to Florida, where he celebrated Christmas with his family, and will now return to Washington D.C. on Thursday, according to a media report. ...

US President-elect Joe Biden announced additional nominations to fill the posts in the Department of Defence, days after he blamed current Pentagon officials for obstructing the presidential transition....

A 30-year-old man from San Diego County was confirmed as the first Covid-19 variant case in California, the most populous state in the US....

The US has announced sanctions against a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor involved in the trial of six executives of US refiner Citgo last month. ...

The US military said that it had sent two strategic bombers to the Middle East as a "show of force" to deter attacks against American interests in the region. ...

As lots of Americans are heading home or travelling for holidays, public health experts are warning of another possible catastrophic Covid-19 surge that could hit the US hard....