Feb 09 COVID-19 vaccines can adapt to new variants. Here's what it will take By Laura Santhanam Drugmakers are exploring how to tailor vaccines more narrowly to these mutants, but modifying existing vaccines is not as easy as flipping a switch. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 7:26 Slowing the spread of new COVID strains by changing public attitudes toward vaccinations The data are preliminary so far, but there are concerns that some new COVID strains are more infectious, more deadly, and possibly even more resistant to the vaccines -- and experts stress mass vaccination is crucial to slowing the spread. Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 7:00 West Virginia emerges as a leader in the inoculation fight against COVID-19 By Amna Nawaz, Gretchen Frazee States across the country have been struggling to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines quickly. But seven weeks into their rollout, West Virginia has found a way to vaccinate more of its population than almost any other state, including delivering both doses… Continue watching
Feb 09 WHO team concludes coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab By Emily Wang Fujiyama, Associated Press The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:43 News Wrap: CBO report finds $15 minimum wage would reduce poverty, raise the deficit By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Monday, a Congressional Budget Office report found President Biden's plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 would reduce poverty but raise the federal deficit, Texas Rep. Ron Wright becomes first sitting member of Congress to… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 5:46 NFL caps a season amid the pandemic with a Super Bowl like no other Veteran quarterback Tom Brady notched his seventh Super Bowl win on Sunday, this time at the helm of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And while millions tuned in for the annual event that has become an American tradition, there were reminders… Continue watching
Feb 07 AstraZeneca vaccine being tweaked to fight S. Africa variant By Associated Press Health officials in Britain are trying to contain the spread of the variant first identified in South Africa amid concerns that it is more contagious or resistant to existing vaccines. More than 100 cases of the South African variant have… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 6:33 Are vaccines reaching communities in need? We don't have enough data By PBS NewsHour The Pentagon committed to sending around 1,000 active duty troops to help vaccinate people across the nation after the White House promised to open community vaccination centers, increasing availability to those in need. Dr. Julie Morita, Executive Vice President of… Continue watching
Feb 06 Inmates at St. Louis jail set fires, break out windows By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Inmates at a St. Louis jail set fires, broke out windows and threw things from fourth-floor windows Saturday in the latest disturbance over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions that have limited visits and stalled court proceedings, officials said. Continue reading
Feb 06 Calendar timing means virus deaths won't be seen in census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one. Continue reading