May 20 Analysis: Will the pandemic lead to better, safer long-term care facilities? By Chris Farrell, Next Avenue Here's how the coronavirus pandemic could point to permanent reforms in America's long-term care facilities. Continue reading
May 20 Texas pushes for kids to return to normal during pandemic By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press After months of home schooling and lost sports seasons, millions of Texas children may get a taste of a somewhat normal summer after all — if their parents go for it. Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Child vaccine doses down 63 percent during pandemic, NYC mayor says The city health department compared numbers between March 23 and May 9, 2020 to the same period in 2019. Continue reading
May 20 Watchdog cites persistent infection lapses in nursing homes By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A federal watchdog agency says about 40% of nursing homes inspected in the past two years were cited for infection control problems. Continue reading
May 20 Pence participates in discussion of COVID-19 challenges in nursing homes By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence will deliver personal protective equipment to a nursing home in Orlando. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 4:45 As Fed plans new lending program, Senate is divided over coronavirus aid By Yamiche Alcindor President Trump joined a Republican Senate luncheon Tuesday, where he defended his reported use of controversial antimalarial medication hydroxychloroquine. He also said he would temporarily waive regulations that could complicate business openings or slow economic growth. Meanwhile, senators from the… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 7:45 Sen. Toomey on why he doesn't support more federal aid for states right now Top U.S. economic officials are being pressed for answers about government relief efforts amid COVID-19. Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey sits on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, as well as the Congressional Oversight Commission that monitors spending… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 8:17 Sen. Brown: Administration cares more about stock market than American lives Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is the highest-ranking Democrat on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, which held hearings Tuesday about the federal government’s pandemic relief efforts. Brown joins Judy Woodruff to discuss why he fears new virus outbreaks… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 7:35 Newsom: California reopening 'driven by evidence, not ideology' California was one of the first U.S. states to see a significant outbreak of the novel coronavirus, but in the past few weeks, the curve of infection there has flattened. As a result, Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced plans to… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 6:52 In Putin's Russia, health care workers treating COVID-19 pay a deadly price By Julia Chapman, Feature Story News Russia has announced nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 infections in just the last day, bringing its national total close to 300,000. Half of the cases are in Moscow, where health care workers say protective gear and training for how to treat… Continue watching