Mar 31 For health care workers fighting COVID-19, crisis spurred innovation By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas In response to growing strain brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, health care professionals are coming up with new workarounds and innovations to provide the best care possible to their patients. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 6:07 Amid economic crisis, food banks are struggling to keep all the newly hungry fed By Stephanie Sy, Casey Kuhn, Lena I. Jackson With unemployment soaring, the COVID-19 outbreak is taking a staggering toll on workers. Food banks are ramping up their services to meet the rising demand, even as donations, volunteers and supplies are limited. Meanwhile, organizations worry about keeping their own… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 11:07 How learning changes when school happens at home and online By Lorna Baldwin, Leah Nagy More than 55 million American students are staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The impacts are huge — affecting students, parents and teachers. Learning is happening with a host of new challenges. Kate Gardoqui of the Great Schools Partnership joins… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 7:37 Why scientists need to learn more about how COVID-19 behaves within a human body How much do we know about COVID-19, the virus spreading misery across the globe? Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss understanding the dynamics of the virus within people it has infected, why some experience much more severe forms… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 4:19 Trump warns of more ‘very tough’ days ahead as death toll passes that of 9/11 President Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force held a briefing Tuesday evening to provide an update on the U.S. fight against COVID-19. The tone at the news conference was sober, as Trump urged Americans to prepare for a “very tough” period ahead. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 3:19 U.S. Navy says it won’t evacuate ship housing infected sailors The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Pacific-based aircraft carrier, is facing its own outbreak of the novel coronavirus. With several sailors testing positive, the ship’s captain made the extraordinary request for it to be almost entirely evacuated. But the admiral in… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 4:49 More U.S. states lock populations down as COVID-19 cases climb The coronavirus pandemic keeps burning through the U.S. population. The country now has 160,000 confirmed cases of the illness and 2,900 deaths -- and infections are still rising. In New York state, the nation’s worst hot spot, Gov. Andrew Cuomo… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 10:12 Why the U.S. is still ‘severely constrained’ in ability to test for COVID-19 Despite recent signs of advancement, many health experts say the U.S. capacity to test for the novel coronavirus remains too limited and progress too slow. President Trump has previously claimed anyone could be tested -- but that isn't what we’re… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 5:47 ‘Everyone is afraid’ as Illinois virus cases spike Illinois has become another national hot spot for coronavirus, with a surging number of confirmed cases. Most are in Cook County, the region that is home to Chicago. William Brangham talks to Dr. Claudia Fegan, chief medical officer for Cook… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 5:47 At Greek refugee camp, there are few defenses against COVID-19 threat By Malcolm Brabant Human rights activists and medical nonprofits are calling on the Greek government to evacuate overcrowded refugee camps on islands in the Aegean Sea, where an outbreak of COVID-19 would likely cause humanitarian catastrophe. Concerns are especially grave regarding Moria camp… Continue watching