Mar 15 WATCH: White House COVID-19 task force gives update on pandemic By News Desk and Associated Press The White House COVID-19 Task Force will give an update Monday on the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 534,000 Americans. Continue reading
Mar 14 Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package By Hope Yen, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be “fiscally sound,” but said she isn’t sure whether the next major item on President Joe Biden’s agenda will attract Republican… Continue reading
Mar 14 Ireland suspends AstraZeneca vaccine amid blood clot reports By Associated Press Irish health officials have recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 7:05 Extra space, flexibility, luck: For restaurants that survived the pandemic, it could take all three By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber Pre-pandemic, 10% of Connecticut's workforce was in restaurants. Since COVID-19 at least 600 of the state’s restaurants have closed and tens of thousands remain unemployed. For those still open, the road ahead is still uncertain. In our “Roads to Recovery”… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch 5:02 One year into COVID-19 in the U.S.: vaccine rollout, hesitancy, and supply By PBS NewsHour One year after the first COVID-19 shutdowns began in the U.S., over 500,000 people have died from the disease, businesses have opened and closed, and several vaccines have emerged. President Biden has set a May 1 deadline for universal vaccine… Continue watching
Mar 12 Tussle between U.S., allies over vaccine supply escalates By Zeke Miller, Raf Casert, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press Even though it is not approved in the U.S., well over 10 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine are stockpiled in the country for domestic use and cannot be exported under the terms of the company’s agreement with the federal government. Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: White House COVID-19 task force offers update on pandemic By Laura Santhanam These remarks came after Congress passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act and President Joe Biden signed it into law Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 12 Childhood mental health issues rise globally amid pandemic By John Leicester, Associated Press For doctors who treat them, the pandemic's impact on the mental health of children is increasingly alarming. Continue reading
Mar 12 The Longest Year: How COVID-19 has reshaped our lives By Amna Nawaz, Gretchen Frazee, Jaywon Choe, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry Take a second to remember what your life was like one year ago. For most of us, it all feels like a distant memory. From how we work to how we learn, who we see and where we can go,… Continue reading
Mar 11 Biden sets May 1 target for all adults to be vaccine-eligible By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden is outlining his plan to make all adult Americans eligible for vaccination by May 1 and get the nation back "closer to normal" by the Fourth of July. Continue reading