Nation Apr 26 A Brief But Spectacular take on creating opportunities for others Linda Maduwura was raised in Zimbabwe and came to the U.S. in 2006, where she studied to become an accountant. She now has her own practice that creates new opportunities for her fellow Zimbabweans back home, especially young African women.
Episode Apr 25 April 25, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, April 25, India sets another global record in COVID-19 cases as New Delhi extends the city’s lockdown by another week to arrest the surge. President Biden’s presidency approaches its first 100 days, the messy truth…
Health Apr 25 Chemicals in plastic, electronics are lowering fertility in men and women Several chemicals found in everyday use products including plastic and electronics are lowering fertility in men, women and even some non-human species. Shanna Swan, a leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologist who has authored the book “Count Down” on the subject,…
Episode Apr 24 April 24, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, April 24, COVID-19 cases in India skyrocket as a devastating second wave overwhelms hospitals, President Biden breaks with predecessors as the first U.S. president to name the 1915 killings of over 1.5 million Armenians a…
World Apr 24 For victims of the Armenian genocide, Biden designation a 'momentous occasion' President Biden recognized the mass killings of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, in a test of America’s somewhat strained relationship with Turkey. For more on the significance of Biden's statement, Alex Hinton, Director of Rutgers University’s Center…
World Apr 24 Overcrowded hospitals, oxygen shortage: India's COVID-19 tally breaks records India’s health system is collapsing amid a tsunami of COVID-19 cases—the highest in the world. As patients struggle to find hospital beds, doctors are sounding the alarm on dwindling medical supplies, including oxygen, on Twitter. Meanwhile, the Modi govt., which…
Episode Apr 23 April 23, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the latest on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and U.S. inoculations. Then, the many obstacles to the Biden administration's major push for a transition to electric vehicles. A potential lifeline of federal…
World Apr 23 News Wrap: CDC lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson shot after reviewing blood clot claims In our news wrap Friday, the CDC has lifted a pause on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. Officials in India, meanwhile, reported nearly 333,000 new cases today, and more than 2,200 deaths. President Joe Biden's global climate summit ended today,…
Health Apr 23 Fauci on brief J&J pause, 'breakthrough' infections, and sharing vaccines with the world Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief Medical Adviser to President Joe Biden, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the effect of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause on U.S. inoculation numbers,…
Politics Apr 23 Brooks and Capehart on Chauvin verdict, Biden climate plan and Capitol riot investigations New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the president's ambitious climate goals. policing in America, and investigations into the Capitol riot.