Health Apr 21 Watch 5:51 Why the DOJ is appealing a judge’s decision to drop transportation mask mandates After a judge struck down the federal mask mandate for public transportation, the Centers for Disease Control says it still recommends masking. On Wednesday, the Department of Justice appealed the decision. By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Murrey Jacobson, Saher Khan
World Apr 14 Watch 6:54 Frustration and anger among Shanghai residents as China doubles down on zero-COVID policy In Shanghai Thursday one of the world’s most important financial hubs reported 27,000 cases of COVID, the highest single-day total reported anywhere in China at any point during the pandemic. Much of the city’s 25 million people have been under… By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda
Health Mar 30 Watch 7:53 Inconsistent data masks the pandemic’s toll on Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders As COVID-19 swept across the United States it became clear that the virus disproportionately affected certain racial and ethnic groups. But the outsized impact of the pandemic on one community -- Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders -- has been largely… By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre, Leah Nagy
Science Mar 14 Watch 7:52 Two years into the pandemic ‘COVID is not done with us’ It is now more than two years since the WHO declared the COVID-19 emergency a pandemic, and last week the death toll topped 6 million people worldwide. While the U.S. in many ways appears to have moved into a new… By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas
Mar 14 Watch 4:02 How a housing shortage is straining communities in rural Alaska By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media Adequate housing has been a consistent problem in rural Alaska and the COVID-19 pandemic has made living there even more difficult. Alaska Public Media’s Erin McKinstry reports on the housing problem from the city of Shaktoolik. Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: Stocks fall amid Russian incursion in eastern Ukraine In our news wrap Tuesday, stocks fell as Wall Street was shaken up by Russia's incursion into eastern Ukraine, the federal civil rights trial stemming from George Floyd's death wound down in Minnesota, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 7:27 Scientists discover shockingly high rates of COVID infections among white-tailed deer By William Brangham, Lorna Baldwin Scientists have recently discovered what they are calling a silent outbreak of coronavirus among white-tailed deer. William Brangham reports about how one of the most ubiquitous species in North America contracted COVID, and what that means for the future of… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 7:25 Who is most likely to suffer from long COVID? By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Ryan Connelly Holmes With hundreds of thousands of Americans contracting COVID everyday, health officials worry that may mean more people will end up suffering from so-called “long COVID," the mysterious ailment that can affect the body and the mind for months or longer… Continue watching
Dec 29 New COVID-19 cases in U.S. soar to highest levels on record By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average. Continue reading