Jan 17 EXPLAINER: Italy faces a political crisis amid a pandemic By Colleen Barry, Associated Press Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi is testing his already low popularity by provoking a political crisis that could bring down Italy’s coalition government at a critical juncture in the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:43 With the highest cases in the country, CA has one of the lowest inoculation rates By PBS NewsHour California has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, as the state struggles to contain the virus, which has been raging to new highs since the holidays. LA Times reporter Soumya Karlamangla joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss… Continue watching
Jan 16 India starts world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive By Aniruddha Ghosal, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Indian authorities hope to give shots to 300 million people, roughly the population of the U.S and several times more than its existing program, which targets 26 million infants. The recipients include 30 million doctors, nurses and other front-line workers,… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 6:22 Biden promises major changes for vaccine distribution amid skyrocketing deaths By William Brangham One key piece of President-elect Biden's plan to fight COVID is to make major changes to how vaccines are distributed around the country. The plan comes amid a report that the vaccine reserves the Trump administration has promised to ship… Continue watching
Jan 15 Amazon rainforest city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press Some hope for Manaus, an isolated city of 2 million people, landed in a Brazilian air force plane on Friday with 6,000 liters of oxygen that are being distributed to hospitals. Continue reading
Jan 15 Biden's COVID-19 aid plan could revamp economy, prompt GOP resistance By Josh Boak, Associated Press The $1.9 trillion rescue plan unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden offers the chance to sculpt the U.S. economy toward the Democrats’ liking: a $15 minimum wage, aid to poor families and federal dollars going to public schools. Continue reading
Jan 15 Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer has confirmed it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion vaccine doses per year. Continue reading
Jan 15 Amid last minute changes and funding shortfalls, Biden adviser predicts a slow start to the '100 million vaccines in 100 days' goal By Nicholas Florko, STAT When it comes to Biden’s goal to get 100 million vaccines into arms in 100 days, it could be a slow start, advisers tell STAT. Continue reading
Jan 15 Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million By Associated Press While the count is based on figures supplied by government agencies around the world, the real toll is believed to be significantly higher. Continue reading
Jan 15 Vaccine registration technology is failing. Here's how the Biden administration could fix it By Casey Ross, STAT Technology has hampered the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. But it doesn’t have to be that way, health tech experts explain. Continue reading