Apr 18 Watch 6:16 Citizen poets share details of their pandemic lives in ‘Dear Vaccine’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet A new poetry anthology called “Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic” illuminates how people around the world have experienced COVID-19. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Naomi Shihab Nye, an author, editor and current Young People’s Poet Laureate, to… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 8:14 White House COVID response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha discusses the uptick in coronavirus cases By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Cybele Mayes-Osterman With the rise of the BA.2 variant in some parts of the country, many questions remain about how to best navigate daily life and what precautions should or should not be taken. White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 5:32 News Wrap: Congress votes to ban Russian oil and cut off normal trade relations In our news wrap Thursday, a near-unanimous Congress voted to cut off normal trade relations with Russia and ban imports of Russian oil, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive COVID, Pakistan's supreme court rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan's bid to… Continue watching
Apr 07 Why scientists think the COVID era could cause more prolonged grief By Alison McCook, Knowable Magazine Psychologists are beginning to understand that for some people, intense and sustained feelings of loss are symptoms of a serious condition — one that can last for years and erode wellbeing. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: China sends 10,000 health care worker to battle COVID outbreak in Shanghai In our news wrap Monday, China sent more than 10,000 health workers to Shanghai as a COVID-19 outbreak spreads, police in Sacramento, California made an arrest after a mass shooting Sunday killed six people, Hungary's pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orban… Continue watching
Apr 04 Democratic, GOP senators reach $10 billion COVID agreement, removes international aid By Alan Fram, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York says the deal will give the government "the tools we need" to continue battling the disease. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 5:11 China orders millions in Shanghai to shelter in place as COVID cases surge By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Isaiah Schrader Shanghai is under lockdown Friday, as COVID cases continue to surge in China’s financial capital. It is the most severe measure by the Chinese government to isolate and tract infections since it shut down the city of Wuhan after the… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 5:34 What’s driving the dramatic rise in alcohol-related deaths during the pandemic? By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas During the first year of the pandemic, alcohol-related deaths increased dramatically by 25 percent, according to a new study. In 2020, deaths jumped from about 79,000 a year to 99,000, with the spike seen across all drinking-age groups. Katherine Keyes,… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 6:29 Twin doctors combat systemic racism and lack of access in health care By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin March is Women's History Month, and to mark the occasion, Amna Nawaz introduces us to a pair of modern-day history makers: the Blackstock sisters. They're physicians who have dedicated themselves to working at the intersection of medicine, health equity and… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch 5:31 White House and Congress spar over COVID-19 funding By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan Lawmakers joined President Biden at the White House Tuesday to celebrate the signing of a $1.5 trillion government funding bill that will provide money for an array of items, most notably the military and aid to Ukraine. But despite this… Continue watching