Jun 26 UK health minister resigns after breaching coronavirus rules By Jill Lawless, Associated Press U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country’s response to the coronavirus, resigned Saturday, a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom he was allegedly having an affair. Continue reading
Jun 25 WHO says delta is 'most transmissible' COVID-19 variant identified so far By Maria Cheng, Associated Press The head of the World Health Organization says the COVID-19 delta variant first seen in India is "the most transmissible of the variants identified so far" and warned it is now spreading in at least 85 countries. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 8:48 COVID, police violence took an excessive toll on Black Americans' psyche. Can they heal? By Stephanie Sy, Jaywon Choe COVID-19 has taken a disproportionate physical toll on people of color — especially Black Americans, who are nearly three times as likely to be hospitalized and twice as likely to die from it than whites. Experts are now also warning… Continue watching
Jun 20 US sends Taiwan 2.5 million vaccine doses, tripling pledge By Associated Press The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan on Sunday, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health and geopolitical meaning. Continue reading
Jun 19 Queen beams as she returns to Ascot after COVID-19 hiatus By Associated Press Queen Elizabeth II was smiling broadly as she attended the final day of the Ascot races on Saturday, where environmental protesters urged the monarch to press politicians to act faster against climate change. Continue reading
Jun 19 Official death toll in Brazil approaches 500,000 By Associated Press The South American country has now registered 17,801,462 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 498,499, according to ministry data, in the world's third-worst outbreak outside the United States and India and its second-deadliest. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 3:52 5 amazing American souls lost to COVID-19 By PBS NewsHour Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 6:19 Despite improving conditions, COVID will 'scar' a generation of health care workers By William Brangham On Thursday night, we looked at problems in Louisiana, where COVID-19 vaccination rates are lagging behind the rest of the country. William Brangham now turns focus to how vaccines have improved life dramatically in New York, but the toll on… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 3:56 Biden, Harris urge Black Americans to get vaccinated in Juneteenth addresses By Amna Nawaz As the country observes Juneteenth — a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — for the first time, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made public appearances, continuing their push to get… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 5:11 In Louisiana, government skepticism is hurting vaccination rates. Will incentives help? By William Brangham While COVID-19 vaccination rates in some parts of the country are approaching nearly 70%, other areas are seeing rates flatten or even decline. As William Brangham reports, vaccinations in the southern U.S. have been especially slow, with no southern state… Continue watching