Health Dec 14 Nurse who got first authorized U.S. COVID vaccine: ‘We cannot continue to live like this’ Looking at how life has changed since multiple COVID-19 vaccines became available over the last year, Northwell Health nurse Sandra Lindsay told the PBS NewsHour, “It's a stark contrast to where we were a year ago.”…
Health Dec 03 WATCH: White House COVID-19 task force holds briefing as omicron cases emerge Since the World Health Organization designated omicron as a "variant of concern," in part because of its apparent ability to reinfect people, public health officials had said it would be a matter of time before omicron appeared in the U.S.
Health Dec 02 How Maine is trying to take food insecurity off kids’ plates Recent constraints on food supply and rising costs have also stretched school districts thin -- another reminder of the way that COVID has contributed to food insecurity.
Health Nov 30 What we know you can do to protect yourself from omicron Key questions need to be answered about the new COVID-19 variant, omicron, including whether it is more transmissible, produces more severe disease, and responds to vaccines and medicines.
Health Nov 17 U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in first year of COVID-19 Experts believe the top drivers are the growing prevalence of deadly fentanyl in the illicit drug supply and the COVID-19 pandemic, which left many drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment or other support.
Health Nov 11 The COVID-19 vaccine and kids. Your questions answered Looking across the coronavirus pandemic, people who remain unvaccinated make up the overwhelming majority of people who have suffered the most -- signaling the protective and preventive power of getting vaccinated.
Politics Nov 09 Where do you fit? Take the Pew Political Party Quiz To better understand what divides -- and unites -- Americans today, the Pew Research Center created its Political Typology Quiz.
Health Nov 04 How doctors are getting COVID shots to kids ages 5-11 After nearly two years of anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic, health workers across the country are rolling out vaccines for children age 5-11 -- a moment many parents have longed to meet.
Health Nov 04 What young Americans think about vaccines and mandates A majority believe that getting vaccinated is -- at least in part -- an obligation we owe to each other, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour and Generation Lab.
Health Nov 03 D.C.’s door-to-door COVID vaccine program hopes to increase trust among the hesitant Even as vaccinations for younger children are expected to ramp up, COVID-19 vaccination rates for adults have slowed across much of the country. Nationally, about 70% of Americans 18 years and older are fully vaccinated. But many cities and states…