Jan 21 Watch 8:19 Biden calls for a wartime approach to the pandemic. What needs to be done? President Biden is calling for a full-scale wartime approach to the pandemic and its impact. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, joins William Brangham to discuss… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 2:50 News Wrap: Two suicide bombings kill at least 32 people in Iraq In our news wrap Thursday, at least 32 people were killed in a pair of suicide bombings in central Baghdad, new Labor Department numbers continue to highlight the pandemic’s economic toll, President Biden proposes a five-year extension of a longstanding… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 7:08 With major logistical challenges, companies face a bottleneck in vaccine distribution The pace of vaccinations in the U.S. is failing to meet expectations, in part due to inadequate production and supply. But President Biden is planning to invoke the federal Defense Production Act in an effort to ensure companies, manufacturers and… Continue watching
Jan 21 WATCH: Biden signs COVID-19 executive orders, lays out pandemic plan By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that the nation's COVID-19 response is under new management and he's demanding progress to reduce infections. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 2:45 News Wrap: As Biden takes office, U.S. death toll from COVID-19 reaches 403,000 By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Wednesday, as President Biden took office the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 climbed past 403,000, world governments largely welcomed Biden’s inauguration, China voiced hope for new cooperation with the U.S. under the Biden administration, and Israel's… Continue watching
Jan 20 Delay in Pfizer vaccine shipments frustrate Europe, Canada By Raf Casert, Associated Press Frustration is mounting from Europe to North America over reduced shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine while the U.S. pharmaceutical company increases production capacity at its Belgian plant. Governments say it is costing critical time during the early stages of the… Continue reading
Jan 20 What do Americans want to see from Biden's COVID-19 response? By Laura Santhanam Biden has pledged to mandate face masks nationwide as one of 17 executive actions on his first day in office. Nearly three-quarters of Americans support such a measure, according to the latest PBS… Continue reading
Jan 20 Rep. Clyburn says Biden administration will make strides on the pandemic By Lynsey Jeffery House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who was crucial to the nomination of Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic primaries, tells the PBS NewsHour that Biden's modeling of behaviors like wearing a mask and keeping social distance will go… Continue reading
Jan 20 As virus surges, states report shortages of vaccine By Michael Hill, Associated Press The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine. Continue reading
Jan 20 Dutch propose curfew to rein in virus, will ban more flights By Mike Corder, Associated Press The Dutch government says it wants to impose a curfew as part of beefed-up restrictions to rein in the spread of a new more contagious coronavirus variant that already accounts for at least one in 10 Dutch infections… Continue reading