Jul 21 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Biden tests positive for COVID, experiences mild symptoms In our news warp Thursday, President Biden gets COVID for the first time, U.S. heat indexes hit triple digits, Italy's prime minister resigned after the ruling coalition fell apart, House passes a bill to protect contraception access, a former Minneapolis… Continue watching
Jul 21 How St. Louis tapped federal funds to help people travel who need abortions By Gabrielle Hays Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the city Thursday afternoon, calling the bill a violation of Missouri law. Continue reading
Jul 21 New York reports 1st U.S. polio case in nearly a decade By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press New York health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade. Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated young adult who developed paralysis. Continue reading
Jul 21 WATCH: White House COVID coordinator faces questions after Biden tests positive By Associated Press The president tested positive on Thursday and is isolating with “very mild symptoms," the White House said, as new variants of the highly contagious virus challenge the nation's efforts to get back to normal. Continue reading
Jul 21 WHO reconsiders whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis By Maria Cheng, Associated Press The World Health Organization has convened its emergency committee to consider for the second time within weeks whether the expanding outbreak of monkeypox should be declared a global crisis. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 3:02 Calls for climate action grow as heat waves envelop the U.S. and Europe By Geoff Bennett, Lizz Bolaji Heat waves at home and abroad this week are fueling new appeals for action on climate change. President Biden addressed the issue Wednesday, as large swaths of the United States and Europe spent another day in dangerously high temperatures. Geoff… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 5:51 What cities can do to prepare for rising temperatures As global temperatures continue to rise, so do heat-related deaths. Some U.S. cities are feeling the effects of high-temperature emergencies right now, including in Phoenix, Arizona. The city created the first publicly funded office to focus on the problem caused… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 3:25 A Brief But Spectacular take on ending period poverty By Melissa Williams, Elizabeth Burton Lynette Medley is the founder and CEO of No More Secrets Mind Body Spirit Inc., a comprehensive sexual health and awareness organization. Based in Philadelphia, Medley and her team started by delivering menstrual products door-to-door, and have since established a… Continue watching
Jul 20 Appeals court allows Georgia abortion law to take effect By Kate Brumback, Jeff Amy, Associated Press A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia's restrictive 2019 abortion law could take effect immediately. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 6:47 Why overdose deaths spiked among people of color during the pandemic A CDC report finds overdose deaths rose significantly for people of color from 2019 to 2020. The synthetic opioid fentanyl is largely to blame, combined with a disruption in treatment and prevention programs during the pandemic. Dr. Edwin Chapman, who… Continue watching