The Biden administration, under pressure to help with a surge raging out of control, will also supply therapeutics, test kits, ventilators and protective gear.
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With a Police Raid and the Threat of Export Curbs on Vaccines, the E.U. Plays Tough
The bloc is tightening export rules in a bid to speed up its disappointing Covid inoculation campaign and stem political criticism.
Cache of 29 Million AstraZeneca Doses in Italy Raises E.U. Suspicions
The company has been at loggerheads with the bloc over vaccine supply shortages and faces stringent export restrictions.
President Biden Takes 1st Tentative Steps to Address Global Covid-19 Vaccine Shortage
Under pressure to play catch-up on “vaccine diplomacy,” President Biden says he will help finance vaccine manufacturing capacity but is still resisting exports of doses.
Biden Takes First Tentative Steps to Address Global Vaccine Shortage
Under pressure to play catch-up on “vaccine diplomacy,” President Biden says he will help finance vaccine manufacturing capacity but is still resisting exports of doses.
The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs
Those tens of millions of doses from AstraZeneca are waiting for trial results, while countries that authorized the vaccine beg to have them.
Amid Shortfalls, Biden Signs Executive Order to Bolster Critical Supply Chains
The order is intended to help insulate the economy from future shortages of critical imported components by making the United States less reliant on foreign supplies.
Covid Vaccines: New Diplomacy Tool for India and China
India, China, the U.A.E. and others dole out donations in countries where they seek sway. In some cases, they are sending doses despite pressing needs at home.
The U.S. Has Lots of Ventilators — but Too Few Specialists to Mind Them
A burst of production solved the dire shortage that defined the first wave of the coronavirus. But the surplus may not be enough to prevent large numbers of deaths.
U.S. and Russia Appear to Edge Toward Extension of Nuclear Treaty
Russia proposed that the two countries make a “political obligation” to freeze their existing arsenals of warheads for one year.