COVID-19 Survivors Could Be Immune for Up to a Year, Experts Say

VOA — A U.S. disease expert says COVID-19 survivors may expect to be immune from another case for as long as one year.  Former Food and Drug Administration official Dr. Scott Gottleib appeared on CBS’s Face... Read more »

Police: At Least 18 Shot, With 4 Dead, Across Cincinnati

VOA — CINCINNATI, OHIO – At least 18 people were shot, including four killed, as gunfire erupted in several places around the Ohio city overnight, authorities said Sunday. Officers responded just after... Read more »

US Scientists Say COVID Particles Can Spread as Much as 4.8 Meters from the Infected

VOA — U.S. scientists say they have isolated infectious particles of the coronavirus as much as 4.8 meters away from hospitalized patients. The scientists said the widely accepted 2-meter distance advised to... Read more »

Trump Says Will Try ‘Snapback’ to Force Return of UN Iran Sanctions

VOA — BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY – U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will try a controversial “snapback” to force a return of U.N. sanctions against Iran, after the Security Council rejected... Read more »

Pompeo in Vienna: US vows to extend Iran arms embargo

DW — A United Nations vote is expected to trigger a confrontation between world powers over whether sanctions eased under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal should be reimposed. US Secretary of State... Read more »

Postal Service Warns States of Voting by Mail Delays

VOA — The U.S. Postal Service is warning states that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will be counted as the country ramps up preparations for... Read more »

Bid of US Fails to Get Extension of UN Arms Embargo on Iran

VOA — NEW YORK – The United States failed Friday to get an extension of an expiring U.N. arms embargo against Iran, raising the likelihood that Washington will seek to force a... Read more »

Trump Rejects Biden’s Calls for National Mask Mandate

VOA — WILMINGTON, DEL. – Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden is calling for a national mask mandate to cut the number of future deaths from the coronavirus in the United States.   “It doesn’t... Read more »

Department of Justice says Yale discriminates against whites and Asians

BBC — The US government says Yale University is illegally discriminating against white and Asian-American applicants. The results of a two-year investigation by the Department of Justice found the Ivy League university... Read more »

US Skeptical about Russian Claim of Effective COVID-19 Vaccine

VOA — Two top U.S. health officials are expressing skepticism about Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russian scientists have come up with the world’s first safe and effective vaccine. “I seriously doubt that... Read more »