Nov 27 Watch 2:57 News Wrap: 2 new COVID subvariants driving majority of U.S. cases In our news wrap Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci called attention to two new subvariants of COVID-19 that now represent more than half of all U.S. cases, protestors in Shanghai clashed with police over China's restrictive COVID lockdowns, intense Russian shelling… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 7:17 How scientists use wastewater to track the spread of COVID By Cat Wise, Layla Quran As the newest dominant COVID subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 emerge, scientists are looking beyond traditional methods to track its spread. One important tool in their arsenal is wastewater surveillance. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from California, one of the first… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch 3:58 News Wrap: Ukraine hosts food security summit in Kyiv By PBS NewsHour Weekend In our news wrap Saturday, European leaders arrived in Ukraine for a food security summit as the country’s power grid slowly comes back online, heavy rains caused deadly landslides across the Italian island of Ischia, China eased some COVID lockdown… Continue watching
Nov 25 After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges amid holiday season By Laura Ungar, Associated Press The omicron variant is driving U.S. COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just in time for the holiday season. Continue reading
Nov 25 Beijing adds new quarantine centers as COVID-19 cases rise across China By Associated Press Daily cases of COVID-19 across the country are hitting records, with 32,695 reported Friday. Of those, 1,860 were in Beijing, the majority of them asymptomatic. Continue reading
Nov 23 In wake of pandemic, record 40 million kids missed measles vaccine dose last year, CDC and WHO say By Associated Press The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year. Continue reading
Nov 23 Workers beaten, detained amid 'zero-COVID' protests at Chinese iPhone factory By Joe McDonald, Zen Soo, Associated Press Videos and postings on Chinese social media say workers at the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls. Continue reading
Nov 22 U.S. renews push for COVID boosters as holiday season approaches By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Americans who have gotten the updated COVID-19 boosters appear better protected against symptomatic infection than those who haven't — at least for now. Continue reading
Nov 22 WATCH: Anthony Fauci reflects on career, pandemic in final briefing By Mike Stobbe, Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press After more than fifty years in government, Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, briefed reporters from the White House on Tuesday, delivering what he called his "final message" from that podium, urging Americans to get their COVID-19 booster shots. Continue reading
Nov 16 Single COVID case prompts China to lock down Peking University By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a "zero-COVID" approach despite growing public discontent. Continue reading