Jul 01 Watch 8:13 IMF projects U.S. economy to grow 7% due to robust vaccinations, but warns of inflation An annual report released Thursday by the International Monetary Fund projects that the U.S. economy will grow roughly 7% this year as federal stimulus programs fuel consumer spending — but that growth raises the risk of inflation. The report also… Continue watching
Jul 01 Delta variant exploits low vaccine rates, easing of rules By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The latest alarming coronavirus variant is exploiting low global vaccination rates and a rush to ease pandemic restrictions. That's adding new urgency to the drive to get more shots in arms and slow its supercharged spread. Continue reading
Jun 26 UK health minister resigns after breaching coronavirus rules By Jill Lawless, Associated Press U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country’s response to the coronavirus, resigned Saturday, a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom he was allegedly having an affair. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 7:47 U.S. life expectancy sees ‘massive’ decline, especially in Black and brown communities By William Brangham, David Coles A new study found that between 2018 and 2020, U.S. life expectancy decreased by the biggest margin since World War II. The pandemic took an outsized toll in America compared to other countries, with life expectancy as a whole dropping… Continue watching
Jun 15 U.S. COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll By Janie Har, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and look forward to summer. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 3:12 Honoring 5 extraordinary Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19 Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 6:35 How fast can the U.S. deliver hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses globally? President Biden on Thursday announced a plan to donate more than 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to nearly 100 poorer countries around the world that he described as "a monumental commitment by the American people." Jeff Zients, the White House… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: U.S. secures deal with Pfizer to send millions of vaccine doses overseas In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. will reportedly buy 500 million more doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to donate to 92 countries and the African Union, the United Kingdom recorded its highest daily count of new COVID cases since… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 7:58 Mastercard Foundation gives $1.3 billion to boost vaccinations in Africa In one of the largest private sector donations of its kind, the Mastercard Foundation announced it will give $1.3 billion over the next three years to vaccinate 50 million people in Africa. Fewer than 2 percent of the people there… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 7:55 Capturing the horror and hope of India’s recent COVID-19 surge from afar COVID-19 has torn across India with a deadly ferocity. While infection numbers have dropped from their horrific peaks last month, more than 120,000 new cases were reported on Monday. All the while, Indians living in the U.S. have raced to… Continue watching