The Latest Breaking News from Ashish Jha

The omicron-specific COVID-19 booster may be available in a few weeks, assuming federal agencies sign off on the new shot, a top White House COVID-19 official said this week.

WASHINGTON: India and the US have done more than any other nation in the fight global against Covid-19, the White House's top health official has said, as he highlighted the massive efforts by the two countries to vaccinate their people along with supporting and donating to other nations to tackle…

WASHINGTON — Monkeypox “can be contained” in the U.S., with the goal of eventually eliminating the illness as testing and vaccinations ramp up, the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator said.

US President Joe Biden is feeling “much better” after testing positive for Covid-19, the White House said.

‘If he has persistent symptoms ... if any of them interfere with his ability to carry out his duties ... we will disclose that early and often with the American people’

Ashish Jha, coronavirus response coordinator, and physician Kevin O’Connor say president contracted BA.5 variant

The White House COVID-19 coordinator says President Joe Biden is feeling “much, much better” after testing positive for the coronavirus

The Omicron subvariant is responsible for 75-80% of infections in the U.S.

President Joe Biden likely has contracted a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the United States, and now has body aches and a sore throat since his positive test