Jan 29 Watch 8:10 Nation’s Report Card paints bleak picture of education in aftermath of the pandemic By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins American students continue to struggle in both reading and math, and the gap between the highest and lowest performing kids is widening to historic levels. Data from the Nation’s Report Card shows test scores are still below pre-pandemic numbers. Amna… Continue watching
Jan 02 5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don’t know about COVID By Lauran Neergaard, Laura Ungar, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 7:17 What to know about this summer’s major surge in COVID infections By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas As summer winds down, much of the U.S. is seeing the biggest COVID wave in at least two years, and hundreds of people are still being killed by the virus every week. According to a CDC analysis of hospitalizations, 25… Continue watching
Aug 08 COVID-19 falls from No. 4 to No. 10 cause of death in U.S. By Associated Press U.S. death rates fell last year for all age groups compared with 2022. That’s according to federal health data released Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 03 Scientists are piecing together the puzzle of long COVID. Here’s what to know By Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation A new study finds the risks of developing long COVID declined over the first two years of the pandemic. But unvaccinated adults were more than twice as likely to get long COVID compared with those who were vaccinated. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 5:59 COVID infections spike, raising concerns of another summer surge By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas, Azhar Merchant A COVID summer wave has spread across most of the U.S. and western states are seeing particularly high numbers of infections. With more people traveling for the summer and gathering in large groups, public health officials are concerned these numbers… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 5:44 Federal pandemic aid helped students catch up academically, but research shows gaps remain By Jeffrey Brown, Karina Cuevas It's well known there were some big gaps in student learning tied to school shutdowns during the pandemic and difficult transitions with hybrid classes. But how much did federal aid help students recover from those academic losses? We now have… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 6:01 Fauci fires back at House Republicans in hearing over COVID origins and response By William Brangham A special House subcommittee looking into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic pressed the man who helped lead the nation’s response. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease, faced questions about his… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 4:41 As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation By Andrew Corkery The pace of COVID fatalities in the U.S. has slowed significantly, with the nation’s death toll standing at more than 1 million people. With precautions like mandatory masking no longer in place, it can seem as if worries about the… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 5:14 The class of 2024 reflects on their unique school experience By Sam Lane With graduation season in full swing, the class of 2024 is reflecting on a highly unusual four years of school. Their freshman experience was marked by pandemic lockdowns, but that was just the first in a chain of momentous global… Continue watching