Sep 21 Watch 4:01 News Wrap: House votes on reform to electoral vote count, malaria outbreaks in Pakistan In our news wrap Wednesday, the House approved a bill to block future attempts at subverting presidential elections and close loopholes in the law, medical workers struggled to contain malaria outbreaks as mosquitoes breed in the wake of flooding in… Continue watching
Sep 20 WATCH: Democrats hold briefing on sending help to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona By Associated Press Hundreds of people have been rescued in Puerto Rico and the blow from Fiona was made more devastating because Puerto Rico has yet to recover from Hurricane Maria, which destroyed the power grid in 2017. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: New York City lifting vaccine mandate for private sector workers In our news wrap Tuesday, New York City is lifting its vaccine mandate for private sector workers as of November 1, federal authorities in Minnesota charged 47 people in a fraud scheme taking advantage of pandemic relief funds and the… Continue watching
Sep 20 U.S. health panel says adults should get routine anxiety screening By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health complaints, affecting about 40 percent of U.S. women at some point in their lives and more than 1 in 4 men. Continue reading
Sep 19 How to help victims of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico By Gabriel Pietrorazio Puerto Rican officials say the island’s power grid and infrastructure are still recovering from the devastation caused by Maria, which knocked out power for almost a year in some places and created the largest blackout in U.S. history. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 5:11 Why 15,000 nurses went on strike in Minnesota Nurses in Minnesota organized the largest strike of private sector nurses in U.S. history this past week, with 15,000 nurses walking off the job for three days. And while the pandemic pushed many nurses to the brink, some say the… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 4:12 How farmers are using cover crops to absorb carbon emissions By Dana Cronin, Illinois Public Media The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today is more than 50 percent higher than it was during the pre-industrial era. In an effort to fight climate change, many industries are grappling with how to reduce or offset their… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch 7:17 Jackson water crisis exposes consequences of aging infrastructure By Geoff Bennett, Winston Wilde, Andrew Corkery, Juliet Fuisz Jackson, Mississippi's boil water notice was lifted Thursday, nearly seven weeks after a failure at the city's main water treatment plant left residents without access to clean running water. But many residents say problems with Jackson's water system have persisted… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch 6:55 Why low-income families are struggling to afford diapers By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Solveig Rennan The high cost of diapers is an often invisible part of poverty in America. Although more than 5 million babies and toddlers in the U.S. live in low-income families, most government programs don't provide diapers or funding to purchase them. Continue watching
Sep 17 Flood-hit areas of Pakistan threatened by ‘second disaster’ of disease, WHO warns By Zarar Khan, Associated Press The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a “second disaster" in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases. Continue reading