The US Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday that the Biden administration has agreed to buy 105 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. The contract, which is for vaccinations in the fall, totals $3.2 billion and includes “options for up to 300 million doses,” according to an agency news release. The order,…
On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine in the war against Russia, including shipments of additional howitzers, ammunition, and coastal defence systems. On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the announcement, which included the delivery of 18 howitzers,…
The Department of the Interior stated on Friday that onshore oil and gas lease sales on federal land would resume, with a higher royalty rate for corporations to pay to the government. On Monday, the Bureau of Land Management will publish notices of upcoming oil and gas projects for sale. The lease auction had been…
President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the United States has purchased 10 million courses of Pfizer’s Covid treatment tablet, an oral antiviral medicine that was shown in a clinical trial to be very successful in reducing hospitalisation among high-risk patients. Paxlovid, the tablet, has the potential to revolutionise the fight against the virus by…