May 05 Watch 4:02 Traveling to Arizona, Trump wrestles with fallout of new death projections By John Yang As the U.S. coronavirus death toll passed 70,000, President Trump departed the White House for his first cross-country trip since the pandemic’s eruption, visiting an Arizona Honeywell plant that makes N95 masks. Despite a projection that daily deaths in the… Continue watching
May 05 Watch 8:37 Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says ‘individual discipline’ key to reopening safely Weeks of business closures and stay-at-home orders have left the American economy in shambles. Now, a majority of states are starting to lift restrictions and resume business -- even though COVID-19 cases and deaths nationwide continue to climb. Arkansas Gov. Continue watching
May 05 Watch 5:34 When lifesaving COVID-19 care arrives by helicopter By William Brangham, Jason Kane Regional and rural hospitals can be ill-equipped to handle serious coronavirus cases -- so additional care comes to the patient. Jennifer Adamski is a critical care nurse practitioner with the Cleveland Clinic, an Ohio-based hospital system that dispatches her far… Continue watching
May 05 Watch 6:44 After ‘cutthroat’ global competition for PPE, U.S. seeks to make more at home By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn On Tuesday, President Trump traveled to Arizona to visit a Honeywell factory where the crucial N95 face masks are manufactured. The administration is pushing to move production of medical equipment to the U.S., after the coronavirus pandemic sparked a global… Continue watching
May 05 Watch 9:28 The ominous consequences of COVID-19 for American mental health Even in the best of times, mental health and illness tend to be minimized by U.S. health care. That problem is now magnified by an extended period of social isolation, economic disaster and fear. How can Americans cope with this… Continue watching
May 05 Workers want virus protections before casinos reopen By Wayne Parry, Associated Press Casino workers across the country want their employers to provide them with protective equipment and adopt tough new cleaning and social distancing policies before the gambling halls reopen during the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading
May 05 Watch 7:30 In the UK, people of color are hit harder by COVID-19. Here’s the story of 1 family’s loss By Malcolm Brabant Newly released data show that the United Kingdom has Europe’s highest COVID-19 death toll: at least 32,000, second globally only to the United States. But people of color there are being both infected and killed at higher rates than are… Continue watching
May 05 U.S. infection rate rising outside New York as states open up By Nicky Forster, Carla K. Johnson, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press An Associated Press analysis finds that taking the New York metropolitan area's progress against the coronavirus out of the equation shows the rest of the U.S. moving in the wrong direction, with the infection rate rising even as states move… Continue reading
May 05 U.S. Treasury to begin distributing virus relief money to tribes By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press The U.S. Treasury Department says it will begin distributing billions in coronavirus relief funding to tribes. The announcement Tuesday comes more than a week after a congressional deadline to get $8 billion to tribal governments. Continue reading
May 05 Production shutdowns shrink meat supplies at stores By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press U.S. meat supplies are dwindling due to coronavirus-related production shutdowns. As a result, some stores like Costco and restaurants like Wendy's are limiting sales. Continue reading