Sep 14 Italy's initial virus hotspot back to school after 7 months By Associated Press Schools throughout the country struggled to identify new classroom spaces, for instance in church oratory buildings, and construct outside learning spaces. Continue reading
Sep 13 The quest for cleaner hospital air By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman The coronavirus pandemic has challenged the way hospitals think about the design of their facilities, changing how doctors and nurses move through the hallways and rearranging patients’ beds. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker takes us inside a Pennsylvania company that has… Continue reading
Sep 13 Israel to set new nationwide lockdown as virus cases surge By Tia Goldenberg, Aron Heller, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, with schools and parts of the economy expected to shut down in a bid to bring down infection… Continue reading
Sep 13 Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves By Associated Press India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million. The Health Ministry on Sunday also reported 1,114 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 78,586. Continue reading
Sep 12 Some migrants move into tents after fire guts Greek camp By Iliana Mier, Elena Becatoros, Associated Press Some asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos moved into temporary tent housing Saturday, part of the thousands left homeless after fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria migrant camp. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 6:15 How has COVID-19 impacted tennis? By PBS NewsHour Every year, hundreds of thousands of spectators attend the U.S. Open at the Billy Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens. But like other sports, the men’s and women’s finals this weekend are being played without an audience. Michael… Continue watching
Sep 12 Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial By Pan Pylas, Associated Press The vaccine being developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca is widely perceived to be one of the strongest contenders among the dozens of coronavirus vaccines in various stages of testing around the world. Continue reading
Sep 12 AP FACT CHECK: Trump vs. Trump on virus; Biden missteps By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Explaining his deceptive assurances about the pandemic, President Donald Trump suggested he was doing what Winston Churchill had done, soothing the public in a time of danger. That’s not how it went down in World War II. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 8:02 Ed Yong: On pandemic, Trump reinforced Americans' worst impulses While the political fallout from President Trump’s coronavirus comments to Bob Woodward continues, what about the public health repercussions? Would America have fared better if Trump had treated the virus more seriously from the beginning? Ed Yong of The Atlantic,… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 8:44 Could the pandemic change addiction medicine for the better? By Stephanie Sy, Mike Fritz For many Americans facing addiction, the pandemic has made life significantly harder. Across the country, overdoses have soared, with more than 40 states reporting increases in opioid-related mortality. But the coronavirus is also changing how addiction medicine can be provided,… Continue watching