Health Jul 16 How omicron subvariants are causing a surge in COVID infections COVID cases are spiking in many parts of the country and hospital admissions have doubled since May. The latest surge is being driven by two new omicron subvariants. The CDC estimates that the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants represent more than…
Episode Jul 10 July 10, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Sunday on PBS News Weekend, President Biden balances human rights and Middle East reality in his first trip to the region since taking office. Then, how finding accurate facts about abortion has become more difficult in post-Roe America. Plus, we…
World Jul 10 News Wrap: Sri Lanka opposition leaders try to form new government amid political upheaval In our news wrap Sunday, Sri Lanka opposition leaders met to form a new government after the country's president and prime minister prepare to step down amid widespread protests, Japanese voters hand Shinzo Abe's political party a major victory, Russian…
Episode Jul 09 July 9, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, we explore how women on Medicaid are navigating rapidly changing rules across the United States after Roe v. Wade is overturned. Then, the plight of one Afghan refugee who fled the Taliban and the obstacles…
World Jul 09 News Wrap: Sri Lanka’s president, prime minister agree to resign amid political turmoil In our news wrap Saturday, Sri Lanka's president and prime minister will resign after widespread protests in Colombo over the country's economic collapse, investigators in Japan say the man suspected of killing Shinzo Abe believed the former prime minister was…
Health Jul 09 How women are navigating rapidly changing rules after Roe reversal States across the country are struggling to determine whether and how to provide the most vulnerable access to abortion through Medicaid. Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Marsha Jones of The Afiya Center, a reproductive…
World Jul 09 Wimbledon women’s final makes tennis history Wimbledon women's final was destined to be historic. Elena Rybakina on Saturday became the first ever player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam. She beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, the first woman from Africa to reach a Grand Slam final.
Episode Jul 03 July 3, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine and ramp up attacks on civilian targets. Then, nearly a year after the Taliban takeover put their lives in jeopardy, we look at the effort to help…
World Jul 03 News Wrap: Akron police fatally shot unarmed Black man Jayland Walker, authorities say In our news wrap Sunday, authorities in Akron, Ohio say 25-year-old Black man Jayland Walker was unarmed when police fatally shot him last week, police in Copenhagen, Denmark say several people are dead after a mall shooting, at least five…
Episode Jul 02 July 2, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, New York legislators pass stricter gun legislation following the Supreme Court ruling allowing people to carry firearms in public. Then, the options and obstacles for President Biden as he pledges to protect some access to…