Apr 25 Watch 7:22 School closures leave homeless students even more vulnerable By Zachary Green, Ivette Feliciano There are more than 1.5 million homeless public school students in the United States. But with many of those young people relying on school for safety, stability and food, the mass closures of school buildings all over the country due… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 6:38 Homeless children ‘desperate’ for safe spaces amid outbreak Life during the coronavirus pandemic is difficult for most everyone, but it is a particularly daunting time for those without a home, including more than a million children. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Kevin Ryan, the CEO of Covenant House, an… Continue watching
Apr 25 NY opens antibody testing to health care workers and others on front lines By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press New York is starting to test healthcare workers for coronavirus antibodies and will do the same next week with transit and law enforcement workers as the state eases away from the worst days of the pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said… Continue reading
Apr 25 In Trump’s shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Every day lawmakers shelter at home, their public role is being visibly diminished. While they are approving record sums of virus aid, they are ceding authority to oversee the effort and tackle next steps. Continue reading
Apr 25 Many states fall short of mandate to track virus exposure By Christina A. Cassidy, Jason Dearen, Associated Press As more states push to reopen their economies, many are falling short on one of the federal government’s essential criteria for doing so — having an efficient system to track people who have been physically near a person infected with… Continue reading
Apr 25 Global death toll from coronvirus surpasses 200,000 By Sara Burnett, Kate Brumback, Associated Press Johns Hopkins University researchers say the global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 200,000. A tentative easing around the world of restrictions is gathering pace with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country’s 1.3… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 9:07 An infectious disease expert on the dangers of Trump’s ‘non-scientific’ claims The White House spent part of Friday addressing concerns about President Trump’s apparent conflict with his medical advisors at Thursday's Coronavirus Task Force briefing. Yamiche Alcindor reports, and Amna Nawaz talks to Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's… Continue watching
Apr 24 WATCH: Taxpayers will pay restaurants to feed seniors in California, governor says By Adam Beam, Associated Press Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday a qualifying senior could get up to $66 per day for three taxpayer-funded meals at local restaurants that meet certain criteria. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 7:32 Amy Klobuchar on her COVID-19 fears for rural America Sen. Amy Klobuchar was running for president just a few months ago, and now political rumors suggest she could be former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate. But Klobuchar says she’s focused on helping her state, and the country, to… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 7:13 Navajo Nation, hit hard by COVID-19, comes together to protect its most vulnerable By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Casey Kuhn COVID-19 is ripping through the Navajo Nation, infecting and killing people at rates that are above U.S. averages. Located across three states, the Navajo population is already vulnerable, with a high prevalence of underlying disease, a lack of infrastructure and… Continue watching