Jul 22 WATCH: Biden touts falling gas prices during virtual meeting By Associated Press President Joe Biden said prices at the pump have "fallen every day this summer for 38 days in a row."… Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Biden tests positive for COVID, experiences mild symptoms In our news warp Thursday, President Biden gets COVID for the first time, U.S. heat indexes hit triple digits, Italy's prime minister resigned after the ruling coalition fell apart, House passes a bill to protect contraception access, a former Minneapolis… Continue watching
Jul 21 WATCH: Pelosi wishes Biden well after testing positive for COVID By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wishes President Joe Biden well as he has tested positive for COVID-19, underscoring the extent to which the virus has infiltrated American society. Continue reading
Jul 21 Biden tests positive for COVID By Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, making him the second U.S. president to get the virus and underscoring the extent to which the virus has infiltrated American society. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 6:33 News Wrap: Russia’s assault on Ukraine’s cities kills scores of civilians In our news wrap Tuesday, Russia targets Ukraine's cities killing scores of civilians, Russian President Putin meets with Iran's leaders amid sanctions, the WHO issued new warnings about super-infectious COVID subvariants, a CDC panel is considering who should receive a… Continue watching
Jul 19 Rep. Bennie Thompson, Jan. 6 panel chairman, has COVID By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: Russia pounds Ukraine with heavy shelling as the civilian death toll rises In our news wrap Monday, Russia continued its campaign of heavy shelling in Ukraine that killed more civilians as Russian President Putin remained defiant over western sanctions, the acting president of Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency that gave… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 6:48 New COVID variant BA.5 prompts higher infections and reinfections A new coronavirus variant called BA.5 is fueling yet another wave of COVID infections across the globe. This week, the CDC said BA.5 is now the dominant strain in the U.S. accounting for more than 60 percent of cases. It… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 7:01 News Wrap: Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russian strike on apartment block In our news wrap Monday, The death toll rose to 31 in a Russian missile strike on an apartment block in Ukraine's Donetsk region, police in South Africa hunt for gunmen who killed 15 people, a contagious Covid mutation gains… Continue watching
Jul 08 Physicians say they need clearer guidance on prescribing Paxlovid amid concerns around COVID-19 rebound By Edward Chen, STAT “I think the sense of likely risk-benefit has changed over time,” said Walid Gellad, an internal medicine physician at the University of Pittsburgh. Continue reading