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Courtney Norris is a national affairs producer for the NewsHour. She can be reached at cnorris@newshour.org or on Twitter @courtneyknorris
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Science Jan 19
Why are U.S. airlines concerned about 5G?Verizon and AT&T are forging ahead with their plan to switch to new high speed 5G service nationwide — but with an important exception near U.S. airports and runways. Those exceptions were made Tuesday because of fears that the new…
Health Jan 18
Can omicron cause severe disease in unvaccinated kids? Here’s what parents should knowAs the omicron variant continues to spread, children under the age of five are still ineligible for vaccinations — leaving many families in limbo and wondering how best to navigate everyday life. We hear from some parents across the country…
Health Jan 14
Health systems buckle under latest surge of COVID hospitalizationsPresident Biden on Friday announced free tests to help combat the rapidly spreading omicron variant. But the surge is battering hospitals and stretching some to capacity, with COVID hospitalizations jumping 179 percent in the past two weeks. William Brangham reports,…
Health Jan 10
How the latest CDC guidance on COVID-19 is creating unnecessary confusionThe latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on isolation and testing for COVID-19 has received intense pushback. Many health experts are now criticizing what the CDC has said and how its officials have said it. This…
Nation Jan 05
How disinformation around Jan. 6 riot has downplayed violence, divided AmericansThe attack on the U.S. Capitol was based on a “Big Lie” about election fraud in 2020, and the hope of supporters of former President Donald Trump that they could stop the certification of electoral vote results. But in the…
Nation Dec 24
Why a judge rejected a settlement with the Sackler family for their role in opioid crisisExperts link a record number of overdoses this year from black market opioids back to the original marketing and distribution of legal opioids made by Purdue Pharma, the company owned by the Sackler family that made OxyContin. Last week, a…
Nation Dec 23
How the guilty verdict in the Kim Potter trial could influence police reformA jury convicted former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter Thursday on two counts of manslaughter after 27 hours of deliberations. Potter shot Daunte Wright, 20, after reaching for her taser but drawing her gun. The April incident began as a…
Nation Dec 20
What we’ve learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell trialClosing arguments were made Monday in the federal sex-trafficking and conspiracy trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. Maxwell faces six counts for allegedly aiding and abetting Epstein’s abuse of underage teens. She is accused…
Health Dec 15
What we know about the severity of omicron and possibility of ‘triple whammy’ this winterAs the omicron variant is spreading rapidly, top federal health officials warn it could bring a massive wave of new infections to the United States as early as January. There are now confirmed cases of omicron in at least 36…
Health Dec 13
Older Americans make up a majority of COVID deaths. They are falling behind on boostersThe United States is approaching a grim milestone of the pandemic, as the nationwide death toll approaches 800,000. The vast majority of those deaths are among the elderly — people 65 and up make up 75 percent of all COVID-19…