Nation Sep 06 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing as omicron boosters roll out By News Desk and Associated Press
Health Nov 17 WATCH: Around 10 percent of eligible kids 5-11 have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, White House says It's more than three times faster than the rate adults were vaccinated at the start of the nation's vaccination campaign 11 months ago. By Zeke Miller, Associated Press
Politics Jun 22 WATCH: COVID task force gives briefing as White House is set to fall short of 70 percent vaccination goal More than 70% of Americans age 30 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the White House said, even as President Joe Biden is set to fall short of reaching his goal of giving a… By Associated Press
Politics Jun 17 WATCH: Fauci says U.S. to spend $3.2 billion on antiviral pills for COVID-19 The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral pills for COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics. By Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press
Health Jun 08 WATCH: White House COVID-19 task force holds news briefing The White House COVID-19 task force held a news briefing Tuesday as the U.S. moves closer to the July 4 deadline set by the Biden administration to achieve its vaccination goal. By News Desk and Associated Press
Feb 17 WATCH: White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing By Associated Press Officials said Wednesday that the administration is spending $200 million for the CDC and contract labs to increase genomic sequencing to about 25,000 samples a week, or three times more. Continue reading
Feb 01 WATCH: White House COVID-19 response team says U.S. cases down, but 3 variants detected By Associated Press The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are down in recent weeks, but three mutations that are causing concern have been detected in the U.S. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 4:17 2020 in review: covering race, equity, and some not-so-brief press briefings By PBS NewsHour NewsHour Weekend producer Zachary Green speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about his most illuminating work in 2020: covering race, equity, and the Black Lives Matter movement in small-town America, and on figuring out the best way to cover -- and fact-check… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch 8:53 Co-chair of Biden’s COVID task force on plans to fight pandemic This week, President-elect Biden announced a COVID-19 task force to prepare specific plans for the months ahead -- and assess what can be done differently as coronavirus rages across the country. Dr. Vivek Murthy, a former U.S. surgeon general, is… Continue watching
Nov 09 Meet the members of president-elect Biden’s coronavirus task force By Associated Press President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the members of a team of public health and science experts to develop a blueprint for fighting the coronavirus. Continue reading