Jul 21 New report points to homicide rate declines in U.S. cities after pandemic spike By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Homicides are declining in a cross-section of American cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold. That is according to a new report analyzing data from 30 U.S. cities. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 8:09 Outgoing White House COVID response coordinator on being prepared for another pandemic By Amna Nawaz, Cybele Mayes-Osterman In the earliest days of the pandemic, Dr. Ashish Jha emerged as an authoritative and trusted voice on the issue. He's now the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, but with the public health emergency officially over, he's leaving the Biden… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 8:50 Public health questions remain as COVID emergency ends By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings After more than three years, the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended. Thanks to vaccines, testing and treatment, we are in a much better place and deaths are at their lowest level since March 2020. But concerns over how the… Continue watching
May 11 WATCH: White House gives news briefing as COVID emergency measures end By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press At Thursday's White House briefing, Jean-Pierre took note of the end of the public health emergency. “The work won't stop,” she said, with the administration working to ensure continued access to COVID vaccines, treatments and tests and to tackle long-COVID. Continue reading
Apr 28 ‘I’m trying not to go into panic.’ Review of millions of Medicaid enrollees plagued by error and confusion By Amanda Seitz, Anita Snow, Associated Press Advocacy groups have warned for months that confusion and errors will abound throughout the undertaking, wrongly leaving some of the country’s poorest people suddenly without health insurance and unable to pay for necessary medical care. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 8:47 Comprehensive review of how U.S. handled pandemic lays out lessons learned By William Brangham, Courtney Norris Why the United States fared so badly during the pandemic, especially when compared to other similar nations, was supposed to be one of the many questions examined by a national COVID-19 commission. But that commission was never launched. William Brangham… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 5:25 CDC approves new COVID booster shots. Who’s eligible and when they can get it? By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas The government approved a second dose of the COVID booster for the elderly and immunocompromised. The bivalent booster shot targets the omicron variants. Seniors 65 years and older can now receive the updated booster four months after their first dose. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 8:37 Long COVID symptoms keeping many Americans from returning to work By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes Three years after the start of the pandemic, some 16 million Americans have long COVID, meaning their symptoms continue well after the initial infection. An estimated 4 million people say long COVID has significantly reduced their ability to carry out… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 4:20 News Wrap: At least 32 killed in Tornado outbreak In our news wrap Monday, the death toll has reached 32 from the onslaught of tornadoes that struck the South, Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic over the weekend, Pentagon officials say they're still analyzing whether a Chinese spy balloon sent intelligence… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 7:34 D.C. phases out its COVID-era hotel housing program for homeless people By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Layla Quran, Henry Brannan At the start of the pandemic, we were all urged to stay at home and avoid crowds. But for homeless people, packed shelters made COVID transmission nearly unavoidable. Many cities used federal money to house people in vacant hotels to… Continue watching