Jan 02 European Union tries to coordinate COVID travel policies for China By Raf Casert, Associated Press European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and how authorities should check incoming airline passengers from China for any new COVID-19 variants after several member nations announced individual efforts over the past… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 6:49 Pakistan struggles to recover from historic flooding as waters refuse to recede By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman Months after historic flooding that killed more than 1,700 people, Pakistan is still struggling to recover. The UN is warning it might suspend its food support program for flood victims because it is running out of money. Fred de Sam… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 6:42 A look at the big issues that inspired new state laws taking effect in 2023 By Stephanie Sy, Cai Pigliucci The start of this new year is bringing with it some new state laws. Thousands of bills were passed in state legislatures in 2022, but there are a few issues that stand out for which many states have decided to… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 6:08 New COVID subvariant spreads rapidly in Northeast, sparking concerns it evades vaccines By William Brangham Three years into the pandemic and yet another new variant of the coronavirus has emerged. The omicron subvariant known as XBB.1.5 now accounts for more than 40% of new COVID infections in the U.S. and around 75% of cases in… Continue watching
Jan 02 New York City nurses, hospitals resume contract talks as possible strike looms By Associated Press A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses is looming even though nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement hours before their contract was set to expire. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 1:12 News Wrap: Russian missiles destroy homes and cars in Kyiv In our news wrap Saturday, a fresh wave of Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, killing at least one person and wounding more than a dozen, and an Arizona state appeals court ruled that doctors cannot be prosecuted… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 13:52 The highs and lows that defined the news of 2022 By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Sarah Clune Hartman, Claire Mufson As we wrap up 2022, we take a look back at some of the biggest moments that shaped the past year, and how the PBS NewsHour covered them. Continue watching
Dec 31 New Year's Day hiking tradition reaches parks in all 50 states By Mark Pratt, Associated Press A simple plan to get more people enjoying the outdoors on New Year’s Day has become a nationwide movement after a hike at a Massachusetts park more than three decades ago. Continue reading
Dec 30 Court says abortion doctors can't be charged under Arizona law By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press An Arizona court ruled abortion doctors can't be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades. But the Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday declined to repeal the 1864 law… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 5:57 FDA criticized for working too closely with biotech company to approve Alzheimer's drug By Geoff Bennett New findings from a congressional investigation into the Food and Drug Administration and the biotech company Biogen find the FDA broke its own protocols to approve a new Alzheimer’s drug last year. The report said the FDA worked too closely… Continue watching