Jul 07 EU’s Ursula von der Leyen faces no-confidence vote this week By Associated Press The president of the European Union’s executive branch faces a no-confidence vote this week linked in part to text messages she exchanged with a pharmaceutical boss during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
Jun 26 U.S. is pulling funding from Gavi, global group that has paid for more than a billion kids to get vaccinated By Maria Cheng, Associated Press U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the organization has “ignored the science" and “lost the public trust.”… Continue reading
May 30 CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The nation's top public health agency posted new recommendations that say healthy children and pregnant women may get COVID-19 vaccinations, removing stronger language that those groups should get the shots. Continue reading
May 20 Trump officials say yearly COVID shots will no longer be approved for healthy adults and children By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The FDA said Tuesday annual COVID shots will still be regularly approved for seniors and younger people with increased health risks from the virus. Continue reading
Apr 21 More than 5 million student loan borrowers are in default. Education Department says they will be referred to debt collection By Annie Ma, Associated Press The Trump administration's announcement marks an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. No federal student loans have been referred for collection since March 2020, including those in default. Continue reading
Apr 01 23 state attorneys general sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding By Devna Bose, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The lawsuit says not paying the rest of the federal money will have a devastating effect on public health. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 4:08 Nurse reflects on struggles of working the frontlines during COVID By Sam Lane, William Brangham, Mike Fritz As we mark five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're speaking with a small handful of the countless people whose lives were turned upside down by the virus. Our latest reflection is from a nurse who worked… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 5:54 5 years after it was declared a global pandemic, a look at COVID-19’s impact By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In a quick succession of events, schools and businesses shut down, lockdowns were put in place, travel was halted and hospitals were over capacity. Globally, COVID… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 8:30 The COVID pandemic’s lingering physical and mental toll, five years later By Ali Rogin, Veronica Vela, Zoie Lambert Five years ago this week, the World Health Organization called the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. In the United States, officials declared a national emergency, triggering travel bans for non-U.S. citizens and shutdowns nationwide. Now, many who lived through the pandemic,… Continue watching
Mar 05 WATCH: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for NIH director By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Bhattacharya, a health economist at Stanford University who was an outspoken critic of government COVID-19 shutdowns and vaccine policies, faced questions from senators from both parties Wednesday about drastic funding cuts and research priorities at the National Institutes of Health. Continue reading