However, while the products can now be legally sold in the US, the FDA has stressed that they are neither safe nor “FDA approved,” and that people who don’t smoke shouldn’t use them.
If the US Food and Drug Administration grants Merck an EUA for the pill, it would be the first oral antiviral for Covid-19.
US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered submarines to someone they thought was a foreign state but was actually an undercover FBI agent.
Active-duty members of the Navy and Marine Corps have time till November 28 to show proof of full vaccination against Covid-19.
The US has called on China to halt its “provocative" pressure on Taiwan after a record number of daily incursions by Chinese warplanes.
The United States has organized among the world's most effective vaccine roll-outs, after a heavily criticized early response to the pandemic.
According to the New York Times, Toor's case is the latest in a long-running conflict between two fundamental values in the United States military.
Like his first and second doses, Biden took the Pfizer jab publicly. It was the US President's third Pfizer dose after the government approved booster doses for those over 65.
The stadium lights were turned on when Dr Agarwal revealed a plaque illuminating the 5.5-acre site amid loud acclaim from the audience at a ceremony last week attended by over 100 Indian-Americans, in accordance with COVID-19 standards.
"We are not only observing the statement of the Taliban but also their actions in Afghanistan," said US Department of State spokesperson Ned Price.