Jan 26 WATCH: Fauci says U.S. moving toward a time ‘when COVID is no longer a crisis’ By Associated Press White House officials say hopefully we will get to where COVID-19 is acceptable and could be considered endemic when "it doesn't disrupt our capability to function in society in a relatively normal way."… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 6:28 Rising COVID hospitalizations in San Antonio burden fatigued health care workers By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris The highly contagious omicron variant has brought new daily COVID-19 case numbers to record highs this month. The magnitude of infections have again left many hospitals under tremendous pressure and on the brink. In Texas, where just 58 percent of… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 5:17 Two years into the pandemic, students still struggle with mental health By Student Reporting Labs As students across the country continue to experience the many changes the pandemic has brought, some are struggling to adjust to their "new normal." As a part of NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs, student reporter Teri Bell followed up with school… Continue watching
Jan 25 New Pfizer study to test omicron-specific vaccine By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Pfizer and BioNTech have begun studying a COVID-19 vaccine tweaked to match to the omicron variant in healthy adults. Continue reading
Jan 24 WHO chief warns against assumption that omicron is the ‘endgame’ of the pandemic By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Tedros laid out an array of achievements and concerns in global health at the start of a WHO executive board meeting but said "ending the acute phase of the pandemic must remain our collective priority."… Continue reading
Jan 23 Beijing district orders mass virus testing ahead of Olympics By Associated Press People in a Beijing district with some 2 million residents were ordered Sunday to undergo mass coronavirus testing following a series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls ahead of the Winter Olympics. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 4:34 How the U.S. could address confusing, shifting COVID-19 health directives By PBS NewsHour Two years since the first lockdown in China, there have been great strides to combat COVID-19, but confusion and questions remain. From vaccinations to testing, to masking and how many days to isolate—there hasn’t always been clarity. More collaboration between… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 6:32 COVID-19 latest: Omicron variant, herd immunity, worldwide vaccine access By PBS NewsHour In order to expand testing access and help stop the spread of the omicron variant, the Biden administration announced this week that it would begin distributing millions of COVID-19 tests and masks to Americans for free. Infectious disease epidemiologist Jessica… Continue watching
Jan 22 With Roe in doubt, states act on abortion limits, expansions By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Less than a month into the 2022 legislative sessions, battles over the future of abortion already are setting up around the U.S. Republican lawmakers are proposing new restrictions modeled after laws in Texas and Mississippi that present a direct challenge to the… Continue reading
Jan 21 Biden administration’s rapid-test rollout doesn’t easily reach those who need it most By Hannah Recht, Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News Two rapid-testing initiatives the Biden administration released in the past week are inaccessible to some residents of multifamily housing, people who don’t speak English well, or those without internet. Continue reading