Dec 14 China will stop reporting asymptomatic COVID cases after dropping mass testing requirements By Dake Kang, Associated Press China says it will stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become "impossible" to track with mass testing no longer required. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 6:03 News Wrap: Brittney Griner returns to the U.S. amid discussions about more prisoner swaps In our news wrap Friday, Brittney Griner lands in the U.S. a day after Russia exchanged her for a convicted arms dealer, health experts urged older Americans to get COVID boosters before the holidays, Ukraine says Russian shelling in the… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 12:09 Dr. Fauci reflects on his decades-long career as he prepares to step down By Judy Woodruff, Dorothy Hastings Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping aside from job after a five-decade-long career in public health. He's been one of the leading public health voices since taking the role of director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Peru’s president ousted, leaving the country in political turmoil In our news wrap Wednesday, Peru's Congress ousted President Pedro Castillo and replaced him with the country's vice president, more classified documents from the Trump White House have turned up in Florida near the former president's estate, China formally rolled… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 6:00 Congress reviews sweeping bipartisan defense funding bill with major shifts in policy A massive U.S. defense-related bill was rolled out Tuesday and is making its way through Congress. Bipartisan negotiators released the 4,000 plan to fund the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which sets parameters for the military. This year… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Congress honors police who defended U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 attack In our news wrap Tuesday, Congress paused to honor the police who defended the U.S. Capitol against the Jan. 6 assault, the suspect in a Colorado nightclub shooting was charged with murder and hate crimes, Chinese hackers have stolen at… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 3:18 News Wrap: China eases some COVID policies in several cities In our news wrap Saturday, former President Trump called for the Constitution to be "terminated" over unfounded allegations of 2020 election fraud, cities in China eased more COVID restrictions after protests, Iran announced construction of a new nuclear plant, volcanic… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch 6:56 Misinformation hurts effort to immunize children in Democratic Republic of the Congo By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso Millions of children around the world did not get routine vaccines as a result of disruptions and disinformation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, these setbacks threaten to undo years of public health advances. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 2:57 News Wrap: 2 new COVID subvariants driving majority of U.S. cases In our news wrap Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci called attention to two new subvariants of COVID-19 that now represent more than half of all U.S. cases, protestors in Shanghai clashed with police over China's restrictive COVID lockdowns, intense Russian shelling… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 7:17 How scientists use wastewater to track the spread of COVID By Cat Wise, Layla Quran As the newest dominant COVID subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 emerge, scientists are looking beyond traditional methods to track its spread. One important tool in their arsenal is wastewater surveillance. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from California, one of the first… Continue watching