Concerns about abortion-related products are prompting some Catholic bishops to warn about a coronavirus vaccine. AP's Walter Ratliff reports. Church leaders in New Orleans and St. Louis are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson J...
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Myanmar security forces dramatically escalated their crackdown on protests against last month's coup, killing at least 38 protesters. U.N. special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener says that is t...
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano on the island of Sumatra sent a cloud of hot ash as high as five kilometers into the sky on Tuesday. It was its first big eruption since August. Indonesia's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center says t...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. U.S. President Joe Biden has announced that thanks to a new cooperation between two drug companies, there will now be enough doses of the coronavirus vaccine available for the entire adult population...
Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. On February 24th, the Voice of America celebrates the 79th anniversary of its first broadcast. In the dark, early days of the Second World War, the United States Government conc...
Police in Myanmar launched their most sweeping crackdown in three weeks of protests against military rule on Saturday. Reuters Emily Wither reports. In the toughest crackdown yet, police in Myanmar clashed with protesters detaining dozens of people....
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. The United States is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of tw...
